Our target date for completion of the bunkhouses is before end of December. At least before New Year our typhoon-affected and homeless families in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley will have roof over their heads,” said Director Priscilla N. Razon of the Deparment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
As temporary shelter, the bunkhouse measures 7.40 x 24.0 meters with corrugated G.I. sheets roofing and marine plywood walling. Lumber from felled coconut trees will be utilized for framing while flooring is made of concrete slab. A concrete walkway will also be installed on the sides measuring 1.o x 24 meters. Each bunkhouse will have 10 rooms with one bathroom each for male and female.
For cutting of coconut trees, site preparation and clearing, hauling and mixing, and other requirements for manual labor, local manpower will be mobilized through the Cash-for-Work Program of DSWD that provides P218 per day per labourer. Skilled workers from the area will also be tapped.
Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman earlier emphasized that as part of the livelihood intervention, the affected families will help build the bunkhouses and they will be paid through the cash-for-work program.
Other national and local government officials also stressed the need for the affected families to work hand in hand with the government towards the road to recovery, encouraging them to cooperate with the national and local governments in the relief and rehabilitation efforts.
DSWD has deployed its KALAHI-CIDSS engineers in Baganga, Cateel, Boston and Compostela to oversee construction of the bunkhouses. Construction in New Bataan, Montevista and Monkayo will be handled by the provincial government.
For Compostela Valley, the provincial government has assured that all bunkhouses will be completed within five days.
DSWD has earmarked P81 million to build the 81 bunkhouses in the seven severely-affected towns in the two provinces. [DSWD/SMS/Carmela Cadigal-Duron]
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