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Social
Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman and Leyte Gov.
Carlos Jericho Petilla led the unveiling of the new marker for
the newly-turned Core Shelter Project by the DSWD-8 in Matag-ob,
Leyte. Thirty families were recipients of their new homes, whose
former houses were destroyed during the 2008 Typhoon Frank. (PMRC) |
DSWD, Leyte
province turn over 30 core shelter homes in Matag-ob
By Provincial Media
Relations Center
September 8, 2012
TACLOBAN CITY –
Thirty families now have new roofs over their heads as the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Office 8 and the
provincial government of Leyte formally turned over permanent core
shelters to victims of the 2008 Typhoon Frank in Brgy. San Sebastian,
Matag-ob, Leyte.
The core shelters was
formally given to the beneficiaries during a turn-over ceremony
attended by DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman and Leyte Gov.
Carlos Jericho Petilla together with other DSWD and local district and
municipal officials.
The core shelter project,
which has a total amount of more than P2.8 million for all the 30
families, was sourced from the combined funds of the DSWD of P70,000
per beneficiary, P10,000 each from the provincial government of Leyte
and P15,000 each from the local government unit of Matag-ob.
The Core Shelter Project in
this mountain barangay stands on a 6,317 square meter lot in Brgy. San
Sebastian donated by the family of Mrs. Romilia Omega-Cotejar, whose
kind donation was likewise recognized by the DSWD-8 during the
turn-over rites.
The DSWD-8 also provided
cash for work in the amount of P2,400 for each of the beneficiary;
while, it was learned that 13 families out of the 30 core shelter
beneficiaries, are enrolled under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program (4Ps).
The Core Shelter Assistance
Project (CSAP) is a rehabilitation program of the DSWD that aims to
provide structurally strong shelter units to families whose houses
were totally destroyed by natural and man-made calamities, and how
have no capacity to rebuild or construct their own units.
The beneficiaries of CSAP
are organized into the Neighborhood Association for Shelter Assistance
(NASA), an association composed of the beneficiaries which promotes
collective action in realizing goals of the project and to develop and
uphold the values of self-reliance among the beneficiaries and the
community.
The association also
addresses the vulnerabilities of the community while empowering
beneficiaries to make the core shelter livable and more sustainable.
