Construction of P500 M shelters in Marawi starts
Published Feb 5, 2019 05:34 pm
By Roy Mabasa
The Japanese government, in partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Philippine government, has officially kicked off the construction of P500 million worth of permanent shelters, community infrastructure, and livelihood support.
A resident looks through the rubble of her destroyed house, as she tries to salvage belongings during a visit to the main battle area in Marawi City, on April 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE / MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO)
The endeavor is part of the Japanese government’s reconstruction and rehabilitation assistance to those affected by the May 2017 Marawi siege.
Called “Project for Community Development through Building Shelters and Livelihood Support for Rebuilding Marawi,” the project is based on the exchange of notes signed between the Japanese government and the UN-Habitat in March 2018, specifically aimed to provide core shelters and livelihood support to the people of Marawi.
The project includes the construction of some 1,500 permanent shelters and infrastructure in the war-ravaged city and the province of Lanao del Sur in general.
In his remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony held Monday, Japanese Embassy Economic Minister Makoto Iyori expressed confidence that the hard work and perseverance of the people, combined with the resilience of the Filipino spirit, “will pay off and provide the people of Marawi and Lanao del Sur opportunities for the dynamic future that they deserve.”
Other Japanese grant assistance projects include road development, provision of 27 heavy machineries, and additional assistance for vocational training.
Aside from Iyori, also present during the groundbreaking were Task Force Bangon Marawi Assistant Secretary Felix Castro, Social Housing and Financing Corporation (SHFC) President Arnolfo Cabling, Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra and UN-Habitat Philippines Country Manager Christopher Rollo.
Also on Monday, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda led the groundbreaking of the P1-billion Marawi Transcentral Roads project in support of the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction of the war-ravaged city.
The two-phase Marawi road projects are funded through a Japanese grant called “Programme for the Support for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Marawi City and Its Surrounding Areas” likewise signed in March 2018.
The five-month crisis in Marawi started on May 23, 2017 when members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines battled against the combined elements of militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) such as the Maute and the Abu Sayyaf groups who encamped in the city.
On October 17, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared the “liberation” of Marawi from the clutches of terrorist influence that left a vast area of the city almost totally flattened by the five-month-long fighting.
A resident looks through the rubble of her destroyed house, as she tries to salvage belongings during a visit to the main battle area in Marawi City, on April 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE / MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO)
The endeavor is part of the Japanese government’s reconstruction and rehabilitation assistance to those affected by the May 2017 Marawi siege.
Called “Project for Community Development through Building Shelters and Livelihood Support for Rebuilding Marawi,” the project is based on the exchange of notes signed between the Japanese government and the UN-Habitat in March 2018, specifically aimed to provide core shelters and livelihood support to the people of Marawi.
The project includes the construction of some 1,500 permanent shelters and infrastructure in the war-ravaged city and the province of Lanao del Sur in general.
In his remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony held Monday, Japanese Embassy Economic Minister Makoto Iyori expressed confidence that the hard work and perseverance of the people, combined with the resilience of the Filipino spirit, “will pay off and provide the people of Marawi and Lanao del Sur opportunities for the dynamic future that they deserve.”
Other Japanese grant assistance projects include road development, provision of 27 heavy machineries, and additional assistance for vocational training.
Aside from Iyori, also present during the groundbreaking were Task Force Bangon Marawi Assistant Secretary Felix Castro, Social Housing and Financing Corporation (SHFC) President Arnolfo Cabling, Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra and UN-Habitat Philippines Country Manager Christopher Rollo.
Also on Monday, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda led the groundbreaking of the P1-billion Marawi Transcentral Roads project in support of the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction of the war-ravaged city.
The two-phase Marawi road projects are funded through a Japanese grant called “Programme for the Support for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Marawi City and Its Surrounding Areas” likewise signed in March 2018.
The five-month crisis in Marawi started on May 23, 2017 when members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines battled against the combined elements of militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) such as the Maute and the Abu Sayyaf groups who encamped in the city.
On October 17, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared the “liberation” of Marawi from the clutches of terrorist influence that left a vast area of the city almost totally flattened by the five-month-long fighting.