Mindanaotoday.com | 534ECB commences transitory shelter assistance project
THE 534th Engineer Construction Battalion (534ECB), 52nd Engineer Brigade, Philippine Army had recently commenced the Transitory Shelter Assistance Project under Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) Program of the government on June 15, 2022 at the Municipality of Kapalong and on August 22, 2022 at the Municipality of Asuncion, both located in Davao del Norte.
The project was initiated through a signing of the Inter-Local Agency Partnership (ILAP) between the 534ECB, 60th Infantry Battalion (60IB), and the Municipalities of Kapalong and Asuncion. Send-off ceremony was conducted after the ILAP Signing.
For the Kapalong project, it was attended by Lt. Col. Romeo Polinar, the commanding officer of this unit, Lt. Col. Merrill Sumalinog, commanding officer of 60IB, and Maria Theresa Timbol, municipal mayor of Kapalong.
For the municipality of Asuncion, it was also attended by Polinar and Sumalinog, and lawyer Eufracio Dayaday Jr., MPA, municipal mayor of Asuncion.
The unit had deployed a construction team for the implementation of the nine transitory shelter assistance projects at Kapalong and a construction team for 33 units in Asuncion.
The partnership aims to provide Transitory Shelter Assistance Project under the BP2 Program through house construction that aims to provide immediate relocation to the beneficiaries in their hometown or in a new environment.
The program was enacted through Executive Order (EO) No. 114 to provide measures that can support the decongestion of urban communities through the equitable distribution of wealth and resources, and the provision of social services in the rural areas.
This unit had continuously been supporting the government’s thrust in line with the Army Transformation Roadmap of the Philippine Army in serving the people and securing the land. (PR)
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