Over 3,000 Manila residents composed of housing beneficiaries from the Old Sta. Mesa Zip project and other neighboring communities attended the recent 12th National Housing Authority’s People’s Caravan.
An initiative of NHA general manager Joeben Tai, the “People’s Caravan: Serbisyong Dala ay Pag-Asa” aims to bring together public and private entities to provide a variety of programs, services and goods closer to the agency’s resettlement sites.
NHA assistant general manager Alvin Feliciano spearheaded the program with participants benefiting from almost 20 government and private institutions, such as the Philippine Statistics Authority, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine National Police, the PAG-IBIG Fund, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and the Manila Civil Registry Office.
The caravan also offered medical and dental services involving eye check-ups and haircuts free of charge, along with distribution of medicine/vitamins from the PNP, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., the Manila Health Department and the Mission to Serve Optical.
The caravan has already reached out to some 50,000 beneficiary-participants across 11 resettlement sites within this year alone, further emphasizing the program’s vision of building sustainable communities for Bagong Pilipinas.
