The
Korea Armed Forces Joint Support Group (Araw Force) has already completed the
repair and rehabilitation of 28 public structures from three Leyte towns since
they kicked off with their humanitarian support in December last year.
The
structures include 17 elementary schools, two hospitals, nine other government
facilities like police stations, fire stations, courthouses and offices of the
Association of Barangay Captains (ABCs).
Repair
of nine other projects are ongoing while they target to work on 57 more
projects until the end of their stay in December this year.
The
repair and rehab of these government facilities is jointly done with the
Engineering Brigade of the Philippine Army.
The
accomplishment was presented by the military contingent of Korea during the recent visit of the commanding
officer of Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Jet B. Velarmino
to the former’s base at Candahug, Palo in Leyte .
Aside
from repair, they also conducted fumigation at 235 barangays, treated 11,168 medical
and 1,686 dental patients at the towns of Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa and Dulag, all
of Leyte province.
In
addition, the ROK contingent effected the removal of 16,600 tons of debris from
the thoroughfares of the towns of Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa and Dulag and conducted
637 sorties delivering 9,310,000 liters of potable water in various communities
in the said towns.
The
ROK contingent also initiated a vocational training seminar for heavy equipment
operation and Korean language classes in coordination with the Technical
Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) where they catered to
interested civilians and military personnel.
The
first batch of trainees will graduate on Friday while the next batch will open
on Monday.
The
military contingent was sent by the South Korean government to the Philippines to help rebuild Eastern
Visayas communities that suffered from the onslaught of super
typhoon Yolanda.
They
arrived in the region last December 28 and since then they started helping
three towns in the province
of Leyte
They
are working in Tanauan, Tolosa and Palo, but they also extended assistance to
residents in the towns of Carigara and Dagami whom they learned to be members
of Filipino Army contingents sent to South Korea
“I
would like to express gratitude in behalf of the people of Eastern
Visayas for the repairs, rehabilitations and reconstruction
efforts that greatly uplifted the well-being of the communities affected by the
super typhoon," he added.
He
also expressed his condolences for the deaths of hundreds of South Korean
students due to a cruise ship tragedy that happened in April.
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