Key Philippine Military and Insurgency-Related Events: Navy to Assist in Pablo Victims Rehabilitation

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Navy to Assist in Pablo Victims Rehabilitation

From the Philippine Navy Website (Dec 29): Navy to Assist in Pablo Victims Rehabilitation

A Philippine Navy assessment team to ongoing relief and rehabilitation phases of its disaster response operations (DRO) in the coastal towns of Davao Oriental made on Christmas Day a DRO assessment of its relief and rehabilitation operations there to determine basic needs of most importance for the victims of Typhoon Pablo.

Headed by Philippine Navy (PN) Flag Officer In Command, Vice Admiral Jose Luis M Alano, the assessment team made its way through the three coastal towns of Cateel, Boston and Banganga to determine what the victims needed most. Following the assessment made on December 25, 2012, the teams together with the provincial government of Davao Oriental under Gov. Corazon Malanyaon, identified shelter as the basic need of most importance especially during the transfer from relief phase to rehabilitation phase of the DRO.

Currently, the PN Command Team in Manila has organized a Multi-Purpose Hall construction project in the said area with funds generated from donations and funds from cancelled Navy holiday celebrations to procure building materials for the project while construction services will come from the Naval Construction Brigade. Naval Forces eastern Mindanao in coordination with the DSWD and Davao Oriental Provincial Government has yet to identify the area among the 3 coastal towns which is initially in most need of the multi-purpose hall. Other multi-purpose hall are planned for construction in other areas depending on the need of other areas and on funds from Navy-wide donations from concerned private and public donors.

On the other hand, Navy relief operations continue in coordination with other agencies and organizations while the rehab project will be completed by the setup of 423 shelter boxes recently donated by Shelter Box Philippines and brought to Davao via Navy transport ship BRP Laguna. The 3 coastal towns became the main areas of focus of the PN being the areas that are most accessible by Navy floating assets.