Over 100 typhoon-hit families get new homes in La Carlota City

LA CARLOTA CITY, Negros Occidental — The Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation has turned over 105 new houses to families in La Carlota City whose homes were destroyed by Typhoon Tino.

The houses, located at the Ferlou Relocation Site in Barangay Cubay, were formally blessed and turned over on Saturday, Aug. 15, in a ceremony attended by city officials, NVC representatives, and the beneficiaries.

The La Carlota City government owns the houses.

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Fr. Gerardo “Tata” Caro Jr. led the blessing of the houses, which are now occupied by the beneficiaries.

NVC formally turned over the housing project to the La Carlota City government.

Mayor Jose Luis “Joelu” Jalandoni thanked the NVC Foundation, its donors, and everyone who helped make the project possible.

“It’s a model of public-private partnership,” Jalandoni said.

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The families could not return to their former homes because the areas where they previously lived had been declared no-build zones following the typhoon.

NVC president Millie Kilayko told the beneficiaries that the housing project was part of the organization’s mission to serve vulnerable communities.

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“Do not thank us. We are only fulfilling our obligation as an organization to serve those who have less,” Kilayko said.

She said the beneficiaries should instead thank God, whose love moved people to donate resources for the construction of the houses.

The project was funded by donors from across the Philippines and abroad who responded to NVC’s appeal for assistance through social media.

Kilayko said anonymous donors funded 28 houses, while a small school in Pampanga was among the first to contribute.

She also cited individual acts of generosity, including a young woman in Australia who baked cookies to raise funds and a teenager who asked his grandmother to turn his Christmas gifts into a donation for a house.

NVC employees also made personal contributions, with their collective donations funding another house, she said.

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“Every NVC employee also made a personal contribution so that their collective donation could also fund a house,” Kilayko said.

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The 26-square-meter houses have two bedrooms, a living room with a balcony, and a toilet./coa