CORTES, Bohol, Oct 8 (PIA) –Carrying the DNA for impact projects which he inherited from a visionary father, Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado dug deep and reached out for the magic in convergence of efforts to break ground to 400 new houses for typhoon Odette victims from Talibon, Ubay, President Carlos P. Garcia and Loboc.
Along with the Office of the President’s Socio Civil Projects Fund, the National Housing Authority (NHA), United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP), Philippine Red Cross and the four municipal governments, Gov Aumentado led the groundbreaking of the Post Odette Bohol Resettlement Project 22 for the Carlos P. Garcia Ville Housing Phase I and 2 in Barangay San Carlos, Talibon, Bohol, October 6.
Called the Talibon Resettlement Site, the CPG Ville will be the future houses of the families from Barangay Pasil in the town.
Pasil was among Talibon’s barangays hardest hit by the super-typhoon and the sea surges brought about by the storm left the entire village in total devastation, nine days before Christmas in 2021.
Already affected by the rising tides caused by climate change, Pasil residents have been among the town’s more vulnerable communities to disasters, thus the need for a resettlement.
Using a land equity put up by Talibon Local Government Unit, the NHA would be funding the land development from its Resettlement Assistance Program for LGUS (RAP LGU) for Phases One and Two of the project, shares NHA Bohol District Manager Grace V, Solis.
Under the NHA RAP-LGU, all LGU municipalities and 5th and 6th class cities and provinces are entitled to a P25 Million grant per year while LGUs belonging to the 1st to 4th class cities and provinces are allocated with P50 Million half loan-half grant per year.
The governor shared that the construction of the 100 houses here would be funded by the counter-parting scheme of the NHA, Office of the President’s Socio-Civic Projects Fund (SCPF), with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Philippine Red Cross.
The NHA, which is the sole government agency mandated to engage in housing production for low-income families.
“We are doing this for the prospective beneficiaries from Barangay Pasil, who survived the most despairing times of their lives fighting for survival against the brutal force of nature,” a staff from the Office of the governor said, when asked about their project facilitation.
The ground breaking in Talibon is the first of the four similar 100 housing projects for Ubay. CPG and Loboc, where residents also had survived the wrath of the typhoon. They may not be as lucky the next time a similar thing happens, if they are not relocated.
At the groundbreaking with the governor, were Vice-Governor Dionisio Victor Balite, LGU officials headed by Mayor Janette Aurestila-Garcia, Members of the Local Housing Board, SB Members and Department Heads of LGU Talibon, Philippine Red Cross, DENR, DSWD, Provincial Shelter Team, and the target beneficiaries of Brgy. Pasil, Talibon, Bohol. (RAHC/PIA-7/Bohol)
