‘SAGIP DAGUPEÑO’. Fire victims in Dagupan City receive construction materials on April 15, 2021 from different donors through the city government of Dagupan. The victims are expected to receive more financial assistance from the National Housing Authority. (Photo courtesy of Dagupan City Public Information Office)
DAGUPAN CITY – The city government here has distributed construction materials to the fire victims following the donation drive, Sagip Dagupeño, participated in by individuals, officials, and organizations.
Each of the 79 house owners composed of 126 families received on Thursday 100 hollow blocks, 10 bags of cement, 12 tin roofs, nails, bulbs, and electrical junction boxes to start rebuilding their houses.
In his speech during the turn-over of construction materials, Mayor Marc Brian Lim thanked the donors who are from Dagupan City and other towns and cities of Pangasinan.
“They brought clothes, foods, medicines, hygiene kits, and other needs of the fire victims while they stayed at the evacuation centers,” he said.
Lim said additional financial assistance for the fire victims from the National Housing Authority is underway after he coordinated with President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence Go.
Earlier, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Ilocos regional office (DSWD-1) distributed financial aid, food packs, and sleeping, family, and kitchen kits to the fire victims.
DSWD-1 information officer Henry Juyno said 102 of the 126 families have received PHP5,000 cash assistance, or a total of PHP510,000.
The total amount allotted for the additional assistance such as food packs and kits amounted to PHP762,405.
He said the support of DSWD was immediately provided through the Crisis Intervention Section and the Disaster Response Management Division following the fire that happened in Arellano Bani Pantal on March 30. (PNA)
