GSIS extends H.E.L.P to 5 more Yolanda-hit areas

Date Posted: April 21, 2014 The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced today that GSIS members either living or working in Escalante City in Negros Occidental, Malay in Aklan, Dingle in Iloilo, Mahaplag in Leyte, and Sta. Rita in Samar may now apply for the Home Emergency Loan Program (HELP) until April 30, 2014.

Frequently Asked Questions on the Home Emergency Loan Program (HELP)

What is HELP? The Home Emergency Loan Program (HELP) is a special loan program of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) that seeks to enable GSIS members to rebuild their homes and resume productive livelihood and employment activities in communities hard-hit by typhoon Yolanda. HELP is available to all GSIS active members who are working and/or residing in the worst- hit calamity areas which were identified in the grant of emergency loans to Yolanda victims. How much is the loan amount in HELP? The maximum loan amount in HELP is based on the member’s total length of service (TLS).The maximum...

GSIS offers H.E.L.P for members in hard-hit Yolanda areas

Date Posted: December 27, 2013 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara today announced that the pension fund will offer a Home Emergency Loan Program (HELP), a one-time special loan of up to Php200,000 to rebuild the homes of members who are either living or working in the 126 areas that were hardest hit by Yolanda.