The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) received a financial donation of P93,800.00 from Sanyu Consultants Incorporated (SCI ) last January 20, 2014 for typhoon victims, specifically the NIA employees and their families who were affected by the devastation of typhoon "Yolanda" in Region VIII.
Financial donation from Sanyu Consultants Incorporated President Norihiko Kuno (left) turns over a financial donation of P93,800.00 to National Irrigation Administration chief Claro V. Maranan (right) and NIA Employees Association of the Philippines (NIAEASP) Central Office Chapter President Ms. Louella Mercado (second from right) that will be used to help typhoon victims, specifically the NIA employees and their families who were affected by the devastation of typhoon "Yolanda" in Region VIII. Also in the photo is Sanyu Consultants Incorporated Resident Representative Ms. Anicia Papa (center).
After witnessing the media coverage of the damages caused by the typhoon, SCI offices in Japan and other international offices including their Manila Office collected the said amount to help victims recover from the devastation caused by Yolanda.
NIA Administrator Claro V. Maranan accepted the donation on behalf of the agency from SCI President Norihiko Kuno, International Department Executive Officer Tomoyuki Nakasone, Planning and Promotion Division Manager Fusataka Arakawa and Resident Representative Anicia Papa.
The donation was directly turned over to NIA Employees Association of the Philippines (NIAEASP) Central Office Chapter President Ms. Louella Mercado who issued an official receipt to the SCI.
The SCI also hope and pray that the country will come out stronger in the midst of the calamity. They have been in Samar and Leyte during the company's involvement in the JICA/JBIC assisted projects since the 1980s and have many friends in these areas and feel for their losses.
Administrator Maranan on behalf of NIA employees thanked the Sanyu Consultants Inc. for their kind donation that will help in the on-going efforts to aid NIA employees and their families recover from the Typhoon Yolanda.
Recently, the administrator mobilized the agency's management and employees to donate food, clothing, blankets and other materials to aid those who were affected by the typhoon and also utilized the agency's heavy equipments to repair irrigation systems affected by the typhoon.
