1,700 families to benefit from newest resettlement site in CDO

MANILA, Feb. 4 – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Juliano-Soliman said around 1,700 families from "Sendong"-battered Cagayan De Oro will be receiving homes from the government's permanent resettlement site in Calaanan, Barangay Canitoan, Cagayan De Oro.

Soliman made this announcement after construction work on the 12.4-hectare housing facility started Friday.

She said the Calaanan resettlement site aims to house Cagayan De Oro families whose homes were destroyed by "Sendong".

She said residents of the resettlement facility would be given all the help possible by the government.

The Calaan resettlement facility is one of the measures undertaken by the Aquino government in minimizing the flashflood danger in Cagayan De Oro.

The DSWD released P203 million for the project while Iligan City has received P242 million.

“Internally-displaced persons themselves participate in the construction of the housing units through DSWD’s Cash-for-Work Program,” Soliman said. (PNA)

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