Selected MHSD-BARMM employees met with key officials of the National Housing Authority-XII (NHA-XII) in Koronadal City for a Technical Assistance and Coaching Session today, June 11, 2021. The activity followed the briefing session conducted with the same agency last March 2021.

The team was composed of the Housing and Human Settlements Division technical staffers Engr. Salic C. Pao, Abdul Halim A. Abdullah, and Alyssa A. Onse who visited the Technical Division of NHA-XII.

MHSD’s Cashier Nasibah S. Pangca, Executive Assistant to the Director General Zuhaira U. Ebrahim, and Policy Development and Coordination Staff Tyrone Luis A. Agcambot also had a session with the NHA-XII’s Estate Management Division.

The session started with a courtesy call with Regional Manager Engr. Zenaida M. Cabiles. She welcomed the MHSD representatives and expressed her willingness to help provide the technical assistance needed by the ministry.

Two separate sessions were participated by the MHSD team subgroups having Ms. Gladys D. Quiano of Estate Management Division and Engr. Rudy Francisco, Jr. of Technical Division as resource persons.

Relevant functions, legal bases, and step-by-step procedures of the activities from both Estate Management and Technical Divisions were discussed. The resource persons also shared different forms and templates relevant to the implementation of the programs and projects of the agency.

“These division-level sessions will aid in the ‘Structural Strengthening’ initiative of the ministry which will also help in the betterment of the implementation of programs, activities, and projects of the MHSD”, said Abdulhamid C. Alawi, Jr., Chief of the Policy and Land Use Division.

Another coaching session with NHA-XII with the Office of the Regional Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation under the Technical Division, Community Support Services, Resettlement and Development Services Unit, and Finance Division will be conducted on June 15, 2021.