TACLOBAN City, March 14, 2014 – The Iglesia Ni Cristo unveiled on Friday a “model community†for the benefit of its members who were affected by super-typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) more than four months ago. This project, which was launched by the Administration of the Church, is another manifestation of their genuine love and care for the less fortunate members, a palpable fulfillment of their promise and unwavering commitment to help the survivors of the strongest typhoon on record to ever hit the country.
Brother EDUARDO V. MANALO, the INC Executive Minister, led the groundbreaking ceremonies of the INC’s resettlement housing and eco-farming community in Sitio New Era where a garment factory and other livelihood projects will also be set up, atop a scenic mountainous landscape in Barangay Langit, Alangalang town in Leyte, just 18 kilometers from Tacloban City.
The Executive Minister inspected a model unit of the housing project — a concrete quadruplex with tiled floors. Each quadruplex has four studio-type units with a floor area of 22 square meters each and a lot area of 35 square meters, including the garden area.
The project is targeting to finish 1,000 studio-type units within four to six months, as reported by Minister Glicerio B. Santos Jr., the General Auditor of the INC, who also heads the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation Incorporated. It is the INC’s charity-arm which is in charge of putting up the self-sustainable model community for Yolanda survivors in Sitio New Era. The INC’s socio-civic and livelihood skills training arm, the Unlad Kabuhayan International is also involved in the eco-farming and livelihood projects in the site.
Sitio New Era is situated in a 3,000-hectare land purchased by the Church in Alangalang, Leyte. The initial phase of the project involves the development of some 700 hectares of the property, where the housing units will be constructed as well as garments factory, a dried fish plant, and an eco-farm that would be planted with imported rice varieties, imported fruit-bearing trees, vegetables and cultured mushrooms for export. About 40 percent of the land will be utilized for farming – particularly the planting of rice and vegetables.
http://www.kabayankokapatidko.org/iglesia-ni-cristo-reinforces-relief-and-medical-mission-to-yolanda-survivors-in-tacloban-city-with-housing-and-livelihood-aids/http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1141394857611GLORY TO THE FATHER!
