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Tent City For Marawi Evacuees In The Works � DSWD
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June 23rd, 2017 | 08:51 AM | 1917 views
MANILA
A tent city for homeless residents may soon rise in Marawi City once the armed conflict is over.
The government intends to hasten the acquisition of tents for distribution to thousands of families displaced by the rebellion in Marawi City, Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo announced Thursday.
Instead of giving away money for emergency shelter, Taguiwalo proposed that family-sized tents could be used as temporary shelter of the Marawi residents while the rebuilding of the conflict-torn Marawi City is being implemented.
“We are procuring now family-sized tents. Actually, we have started the procurement three weeks ago in preparation for the return of our evacuees to Marawi City and we hope to provide individual tents per family,” she said in a Palace news conference.
“This can be immediately used rather than the emergency shelter assistance where you have to wait for the validation etc. before you can have it so that’s the plan,” she said.
Taguiwalo said each tent can accommodate eight persons and has windows similar to an ordinary house.
“Habang ang physical construction of the city is ongoing, may place to stay sila at least ‘yung tents na matitirhan nila,” she said.
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by Genalyn Kabiling
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