VP Binay leads
turnover of keys to Ondoy victims in Valenzuela City
Vice
President Jejomar C. Binay leads the inauguration of the
Disiplina Village Phase I, along with San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
President Robert N. Huang and Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin T.
Gatchalian. The Disiplina Village Phase I will house 368
families who were displaced by typhoon Ondoy in September 2009.
San Miguel Brewery is one of the partners of the local
government in constructing the Phase II of the village. |
By OVP Media
May
3, 2012
MANILA – Vice
President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
Chair Jejomar C. Binay today led the turnover of keys to 96
beneficiary families displaced by Typhoon Ondoy in 2009 in Valenzuela
City.
Located at Brgy. Ugong,
Disiplina Village Phase I is the first housing project intended
specially for Valenzuela's Typhoon Ondoy victims. It was initiated by
the local government of Valenzuela under Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian in
partnership with the private sector and non-government organizations.
“Akoy lubos na
natutuwa na sa ilang panahong inyong paghihintay ay natupad na ang
inyong pangarap na magkaroon ng sarili at ligtas na bahay. Kami po sa
pamahalaan ay taos pusong tutulong sa inyong kapakanan at hangad namin
ang inyong maayos, matiwasay at disiplinadong pagtira sa inyong bagong
mga tahanan dito sa Disiplina Village,” Binay said.
Binay cited the
village's thrust of values formation, saying that the success of a
community stems both from its physical structures and its moral and
spiritual needs.
"Matindi ang aming
paniniwala na ang matagumpay na pag-buo ng isang komunidad ay hindi
lamang nakasalalalay sa pisikal na istruktura kundi nakatayo rin sa
moral at spirituwal na pangangailanagan ng pamayanan," the Vice
President said.
He added that programs
such as the values formation program which Disiplina Village promotes
should be implemented in all newly established communities in the
country.
Binay also reiterated
that people should cease dubbing the government's housing programs for
the poor as "resettlement" and "relocation" sites, and stressed that
these should instead be called newtowns or new communities.
"Sa dami ng mga
pamilyang dinala natin dito upang mabigyan ng bagong pagkakataon na
magpanibagong-buhay, talaga namang bagong pamayanan o komunidad ang
dapat itawag natin sa mga pabahay na ito," he stated.
Binay asserted, "Ibig
lang po namin na maalis sa kaisipan ng mga tao, laluna sa mga
benepisyaryo ng programang pabahay ng gobyerno, ang pag-aakala na sa
gobyerno lamang nakasalalalay ang tagumpay ng isang proyektong pabahay
at ang mga benepisyaryo ay tumatanggap lamang. Ang proyektong ito ang
magpapatunay na hindi ito totoo."
The project aims to
help a total of 1,860 affected families living along the danger zones
of Tullahan River. The site, located on an area totalling 1.9
hectares, will have medium-rise 56-cluster housing buildings and can
accommodate 900 families.
For Phase II
implementation of Disiplina Village, eighteen (18) 3-multi-storey
buildings (MSBs) will be constructed and will house 606 affected
families from Tullahan River.
NHA will fund and
implement the construction of the said MSBs while the Valenzuela LGU
will also fund and undertake the implementation of the project’s land
development component.
Last February 2011,
16-unit housing buildings were already turned over to 46 beneficiary
families in an event dubbed, “Bagong Bahay, Bagong Buhay sa Disiplina
Village”.
For a minimal lease
cost of P300 a month, these families benefit from free community
empowerment programs conducted by the Gawad Kalinga and the city
government such as kapitbahayan trainings, Bayan Anihan or vegetable
gardening on idle portions of the lot and values formation programs.
Disiplina Village was
also noted by the World Bank as an example of a sustainable
multi-partnership model which other LGUs can emulate to realize their
slum upgrading programs.
Binay and NHA general
manager Chito Cruz awarded a citation to Valenzuela City for its
efficient housing strategies and humane stance on relocation process
and responsive socio-economic services to nurture the new communities.