CALOOCAN CITY, (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started to construct a new building project for the Manila Boystown Complex in Marikina City.

DPWH Assistant Secretary Antonio V. Molano Jr. and National Capital Regional Director Nomer Abel P. Canlas, together with Manila City Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a modernized facility that will benefit both the personnel and the Manila city government’s constituents.

The four-storey building will rise in a 720-square-meter area inside the complex. It will house offices and 17 bed spaces with private bathroom, including provision for storage, laundry, and kitchen areas, to be utilized by Boystown employees.

The first two floors will be dedicated as an evacuation center to provide comfortable shelter to disaster-stricken families, while other spaces will double as additional home to the abandoned youth and elderly.

Once completed, this new facility will greatly help the Boystown personnel in fulfilling their commitment in providing care and support to the homeless and abandoned, particularly children and senior citizens, on the streets of Manila.

With funding worth P92 million, the project is being implemented by DPWH National Capital Regional Office. (PIA-NCR)