MARAWI CITY (PIA) – Fifty core shelter units intended for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Marawi City and indigent families in Barangay Bo-ot, in the municipality of Wao in Lanao del Sur are now over its 70% completion.
Abdullah Cusain, Project Manager of Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan (KAPYANAN), said this during a site inspection held Tuesday, August 3.
KAPYANAN is one of the special programs of Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim which aims to improve the living condition of the poorest of the poor in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
“I would say nasa more than 70% na rin itong physical structure ng mga pabahay, and I really tried my best to visit the area dahil I want to see for myself kung ano yung actual accomplishment or yung percentage ng implementation sa area na ito," said Cusain who is also BARMM's Assistant Senior Minister.
[I would say that the physical structure of the housing is already more than 70%, and I really tried my best to visit the area because I want to see for myself what the actual accomplishment is or the percentage of implementation in this area
Complete with solar power and water component, the 50-units shelters cost over P20.3 million with each unit costing P406, 254.64.
According to Cusain, the shelters are part of the 1,000 housing units planned for Lanao del Sur under the Office of the Chief Minister's 2019 budget appropriations. For the fiscal year 2020, additional 900 units were appropriated for the province and another 1,000 units for 2021.
"Nagdala po tayo ng food packs... and water containers. Component pa rin ito ng KAPYANAN program which are housing projects, food assistance, and later on 'yung livelihood assistance and water sanitation," said Cusain adding that the packs can last for at least 2-3 months.
[We brought food packs ... and water containers. This is still a component of the KAPYANAN program which are housing projects, food assistance, and later on livelihood assistance and water sanitation.]
Last month, KAPYANAN also conducted a similar food distribution for the beneficiaries of the 50 core shelters in Barangay Dimapatoy in the municipality of Bubong.
One of the IDPs Assalan Ampatua, 42, a father of 6, thanked the Bangsamoro Government for the relief aid and the permanent shelter that will be given to them.
“Kaming limampung benepesyaryo ay natutuwa po kami at nagpapasalamat po kami sa nagbigay ng mga bahay, lalong lalo na po sa BARMM government," said Ampatua.
[We, the fifty beneficiaries, are happy and thankful to those who provided the houses especially to the BARMM government
Municipal Councilor Jamal Adiong and Bo-ot Barangay Chairman Lominog Magondacan represented the local government during the food packs distribution. (Bangsamoro Information Office)
