Canadian Ambassador Peter Sutherland turns over a sack of seedlings to Emilio Punio, barangay captain of Guinsaugon, St.Bernard,replica PRADA, Southern Leyte, as a symbol of Canada’s assistance to the village that was hardest hit by the mudslides last February.
While most of us have moved on to other tragedies and have forgotten the victims of the mudslides in Guinsaugon early this year, the Canadian government cares about those who have been left behind and is helping them recover from the misfortune.
Ambassador Sutherland visited Southern Leyte recently to see the projects that received assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.
The Leyte Center for Development and the Citizens Disaster Response Center are two organizations that are implementing one of the projects that directly benefit the survivors of Guinsaugon. Canada Fund gave PhP 2.5 million for economic assistance and disaster response training to the affected areas in St. Bernard.
More than 600 families in six affected barangays have been given seeds,replica Louis Vuitton, farm tools, and farm animals such as goats and ducks, as livelihood assistance. The grant was also used to for capacity-building activities that trained community leaders in disaster preparedness and mitigation.
The Canadian government contributed more than PhP 13 million for relief and rehabilitation of the communities affected by the landslides. “Canada’s relief and rehabilitation projects were designed not only to offer immediate assistance and aid to those affected by the landslides in February, but also to provide training and long-term help. By making civilians better prepared, government officials better equipped and the natural environment more resilient, Canada’,fashion handbags;s emergency assistance to Southern Leyte will help ensure that the next time disaster strikes, there will be fewer communities affected and fewer lives lost,” Ambassador Sutherland said.
More recently, the Canadian government has contributed almost PhP 7 million in the aftermath of Typhoon Milenyo and Php 45 million for victims of Typhoon Reming.
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