Quezon City District 1 (QCD1) Representative Arjo Atayde along with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, lent much-needed aid to the victims of a recent fire in 224 Don Manuel, Barangay Balingasa.
The fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring and it quicky spread, incinerating the homes of almost 700 families last Sept. 8.
True to his Aksyon Agad moniker, Atayde rushed to the site to assess the damage and provide help to the unfortunate residents there.
For the very first time in the district, assistance was expeditiously distributed the following day on Sept. 9 through the help of DSWD.
“It only took one phone call for DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo to respond,” says Atayde. “President Bongbong Marcos have chosen an action man to head DSWD and we at the district could not thank him enough for his quick response.”
DSWD donated 5,000 pesos in cash assistance as with relief boxes for each family while Atayde is currently supplying them with regular rations of drinking water.
The relief and rehabilitation efforts continues.
Atayde is concurrently conferring with Mayor Joy Belmonte and her team in coming up with a sustainable plan on the speedy rebuilding of all the burnt houses there.
He is also gearing up to distribute more essentials such as food, water, and medicine to each family.
