Bontoc, Mountain Province – Mayor Franklin Odsey appealed to the beneficiaries of the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in barangay Caneo of this capital town to finish the incomplete construction of their core shelters units.
Mayor Odsey, who personally met with the beneficiaries on May 22, 2019, in Caneo, once again committed an additional counterpart of the municipal government only to ensure that all the core shelter units in the said village are 100% complete and ready to be turned over to the beneficiaries.
Per latest report from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), of the 79 CSAP family-beneficiaries, only 28 have completed the construction of their core shelter units while the remaining 51 have yet to finish the installation of windows and doors, and construction of comfort rooms and flooring.
With this, Odsey made a commitment that the municipal government shall shoulder the purchase and delivery of 10 bags of cements to each beneficiary, toilet bowls and steel bars for those who have yet to complete the construction of flooring and comfort rooms of their core shelter units.
The sand and gravel, along with the manpower shall be the counterpart of the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, the mayor extended his gratitude and appreciation to the officers of the CSAP and the beneficiaries who have completed the construction of their core shelter units.
It can be recalled that in 2014, the Cordillera office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Cordillera Administrative Region recommended the relocation of at least 79 families in sitios Fabfey and Chawwang after confirmation that their houses are located in disaster prone areas.
As a long term solution, the municipal government, in coordination with the provincial government, sought assistance from concerned national government agencies which resulted to the implementation of the project in the said barangay starting in 2014.
An amount of P70, 000 was provided by the DSWD to every CSAP family-beneficiaries purposely for the purchase of construction materials needed to build their core shelter units.
Aside from this, food-for-work packs were also distributed to the beneficiaries.
As its counterpart, the municipal government provided the eco-blocks, eco-bricks and toilet bowls for the construction of the comfort rooms, and the delivery of construction materials purchased out from the P70,000 grant provided by the DSWD. It has also mobilized officials and employees as additional manpower during the construction of the core shelter units. Schools, various organizations and volunteers were also tapped to provide additional manpower.
With the additional counterpart to be provided again by the municipal government, the mayor expressed high hopes that the construction of the core shelter units in Caneo will be 100 percent complete before the year ends.
By Alpine L. Killa