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| PILOT HOME. Emelia Doriendes of Villa Carmel Village in Brgy. Baybay, Roxas City (back) is the first recipient of the UN Habitat Post-Yolanda Support for Safer Homes and Settlements. Also in photo are (from left) Vice Mayor Ronnie T. Dadivas, HUDCC Undersecretary Cecilia Alba, OPARR representative Roxie Abagatnan, Embassy of Japan Second Secretary Koji Otani, Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Ma. Ana Oliveros, UN Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Paficic Human Settlements Officer Bemhard Barth and Capiz Gov. Victor A. Tanco (CPPB Photo) |
According to Beryl dela Cruz, UN Habitat Documentation and Reporting officer, a total of 610 resilient homes will be built for Capiz residents, particularly in Roxas City, Panay and Pontevedra towns, and in Estancia, Iloilo.
Dela Cruz said the project is part of the shelter assistance of the various international, government and private organizations partnering with UN Habitat in response to the devastation of supertyphoon Yolanda here last year.
The project launching in Roxas City last August 7 was attended by UN Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Human Settlements Officer Bernhard Barth, Second Secretary Koji Otani of the Japan Embassy, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Undersecretary Cecilia Alba, Roxie Abagatnan of the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) and Social Housing Finance Corporation president Ma. Ana Oliveros and top Capiz officials led by Governor Victor A. Tanco.
The post-Yolanda shelter support project is also a partnership effort of the Government of Japan, HUDCC, SHFC, municipal governments of Panay and Pontevedra, in Capiz and Estancia, Iloilo, Roxas City, Capiz provincial government, United Architects of the Philippines-Capiz Chapter, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines-Capiz Chapter, Banco de Oro Foundation, Hilti Foundation, Couples for Christ-Answering the Cry of the Poor and Build Challenge.
Barth said the post-Yolanda support for safer homes and settlements is a community-driven approach to recovery and rehabilitation for the people in the Visayas.
He said that various national, international and private groups are partnering together to provide safer and resilient homes and uplift the lives of the community who were left homeless by supertyphoon Yolanda. (J. B. Guillermo/PIA Capiz/The Daily Guardian)
