PAGADIAN CITY – At long last poor residents of Tungawan town can have their own houses.
This was declared by Tungawan Mayor
Randy A. Climaco during the launching of Brigada Challenge 2013 in Poblacion,
Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay recently.
“Bayanihan Challenge” is an initiative
of Pilipinas Natin, a nationwide movement that calls for an active involvement
of the citizens, cultivating the Filipino culture of caring, sharing and “bayanihan” (cooperation).
In his message, Climaco said “the
launching of Brigada Challenge is a great help in the development of the
municipality especially in building community through a spirit of volunteerism.”
“As a manifestation of our active and
strong support to the Bayanihan Challenge, the LGU will donate 20 units of
houses to start the implementation of the project and to effectively address
poverty in our municipality,” Climaco said
Climaco said “the municipality is lucky
because it is one of the identified ‘conflict areas’ in Mindanao, hence, it was
chosen as one of the pilot areas for the project.”
“For the first time in our province, the
Bayanihan Challenge project has been launched here and this is a welcome
development to us,” Climaco stressed.
Tungawan is said to have 65% of its
population living below poverty line.
With the launching of the project, the
mayor said, he was optimistic that the negative impression of some people about
his town would be erased.
“Before, our town was tagged as
dangerous place because of the presence of lawless elements and many people
were scared to visit, but with the implementation of the project, the negative
impression will be erased,” Climaco said.