DAVAO CITY, Aug. 08 (PIA): The two provincial governments of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley are gearing up to help the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) realize its target of building 17,000 shelter units till yearend of 2013 .
DSWD Asst. Sec. Camilo Gudmalin, coach monitor for Mindanao in an interview said the two governors of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley expressed optimism to hit the target of 17,000 shelter units for Typhoon Pablo affected families in the Planning Workshop for Pablo.
Rehabilitation conducted by DSWD on Aug. 06 at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao City.
“They are quite confident given several modality of implementation,” he said in an interview during the planning workshop.
Governors Arturo T. Uy of Compostela Valley and Corazon N. Malanyaon of Davao Oriental were present during the workshop together with the municipal mayors of severely hit towns in both provinces.
Gudmalin revealed that the budget requirement for the construction of such number of housing units had already been approved but DSWD needed the detailed work and financial plan of local government units as basis of downloading the funds.
“We need a more detailed plan on how to execute the projects,” he said.
Among the discussed ways of construction are through government-led, non-government organization (NGO)-led and private sector engagement such that of Gawad Kalinga and Habitat Foundation.
The provincial governments will also be mobilizing typhoon Pablo-affected families to help construct the shelter, Gudmalin said .
Gudmalin, however, made it clear that the construction of housing units for Typhoon Pablo victims had been ongoing even before President Aquino made such commitment in his recent SONA.
Among the private sector which had pledged and had gone contructing were the Pangilinan Group of Companies, the Petro Foundation, the group of Lucio Tan and even the Gawad Kalinga, among other private entities which had spread their shelter assistance to the two provinces.
On top of these, the DSWD has on-going construction projects of 700 shelter units which construction is on-going.
Gudmalin revealed DSWD will be providing P70,000 for every housing unit and another P22,000 for manpower services or labor paid through cash-for-work.
DSWD also entered an agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI on the use of lumber for the construction but he said DSWD will be procuring other construction materials aside from lumber such as cement. (PIA XI/ Jeanevive Duron Abangan)
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