ZAMBOANGA CITY - Hundreds of local residents have benefited from the quick impact project here of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which provided water, sanitation and hygiene facilities to the beneficiaries, mostly victims of the 2013 deadly siege by Moro National Liberation Front rebels here.
The inauguration of the UNCHR project at Masepla transitory site in Barangay Mampang. (Image: CSWDO) |
The UNHCR facilities at the Masepla transitory site in
Barangay Mampang were turned over recently to the City Social Welfare and
Development Office (CSWDO). The project is also supported by the Australian
Government in partnership with the Integrated Resources Development
for Tri-People and in collaboration with the local government.
Maria Socorro Rojas, the CSWDO head, said some 130
families will benefit from the humanitarian project. She said Mayor Beng
Climaco also ordered the CSWDO to distribute food aid to the beneficiaries of
the UNHCR project. “Mayor Beng thanked the UNHCR and all those who are part of
the project. This will greatly benefit the victims of the siege,” Rojas said.
Photos released by the CSWDO also showed inauguration of
the facilities which include a water pump and communal latrines and attended by
the beneficiaries. (Zamboanga Post)
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