INFORMATION TO EMPOWER FILIPINOS: Iglesia Ni Cristo launches eco-farming facility and resettlement area in Leyte BY: ERLINDA OLIVIA P. TIU of PIA Region 8 Saturday 15th of March 2014 TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo led by Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo lead in the ground-breaking ceremonies of March 14, 2014 for the housing and livelihood projects for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte. The INC resettlement and eco-farming site is a 3,000 hectares land of by the Iglesia Ni Cristo at Sitio New Era, Barangay Langit at the municipality of Alangalang in the province of Leyte. The model community is situated 18 kilometers from Tacloban City, which is considered “ground zero” of the destruction brought about by typhoon Yolanda. Through the housing and livelihood project, the INC hopes to contribute to the speedy recovery and rehabilitation of the Yolanda stricken province of Leyte. It was learned that the area to be initially developed for housing, eco-farming and garments factory is 768 hectares, which will be expanded in the future. The INC targets to build 250 quadruplex studio type homes with one quadruplex having an area of 140 square meters. Each quadruplex will have four housing units with a lot area of 35 square meters and a floor area of 22 square meters. This will mean that an initial 1,000 housing units will be developed with at least a thousand Typhoon Yolanda displace families will be accommodated in the relocation area. The New Era resettlement and eco-farming community will also have a dried fish plant, a garments manufacturing factory and a bottle plant. All these will provide livelihood for those who will be given housing units. For the Eco-Farming project in Sitio New Era, the following will be the crops/plants to be cultivated in the community: Imported rice varieties, Imported fruit bearing trees, Imported vegetables and Cultured mushrooms. All the products of the eco-farming communities will be for export, or are of export-quality. The main beneficiaries of the housing project, eco-farming project and various factories in Sitio New Era are Iglesia Ni Cristo brethren affected by typhoon Yolanda that pounded Central Philippines on November 8, 2013. It was learned that some 7,000 to 8,000 INC individual members or a total number of 2,630 INC families were affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Of this number, some 1,500 are from East Leyte, 1,000 are from Western Leyte; and 130 from Samar. It was also gathered that all the construction workers and other workers helping build the INC projects in New Era including the housing projects, garments factory, dried fish plant, bottle plant, and other structures in the area are provided an income by the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The beneficiaries are also being given financial aid while the whole project is still being completed. INC families affected by typhoon Yolanda, who have either lost their houses/or their livelihood, were also given food aid and cash — P20,000 or P10,000 each depending on the damage to their homes — in the immediate aftermath of typhoon Yolanda. Funding for the relief goods, resettlement project and the eco-farming project, including the garments factory, dried fish plant, and bottle plant came from the funds generated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s “Worldwide Walk for those affected by typhoon Yolanda” held on February 15, 2014 and from the donations of Iglesia Ni Cristo members for the “Lingap sa Mamamayan” or Aid to Humanity. (PIA 8) Courtesy of Philippine Information Agency news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1141394857611 To know more about the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), visit inc.kabayankokapatidko.org/ -admin batang tupa Para sa karagdagang katanungan hinggil sa mga pangunahing Doktrinang sinasampalatayanan ng Iglesia ni Cristo. Maari po kayong magtungo sa mga pinaka malapit naming Lokal o dako ng gawain upang doon ay makausap ninyo ang aming mga Ministro o mga manggagawa na nakatalaga sa bawat lokal. Inaanyayahan din po namin kayo na daluhan ang aming mga pagsamba at ang aming mga pamamahayag. Upang lubos po ninyong maunawaan ang mga Doktrina sa loob ng Iglesia ni Cristo na pawang nakasulat sa mga banal na kasulatan at ebanghelyo ng ating Panginoong Diyos. Also Like the Official Fan page of Iglesia ni Cristo: https://facebook/INCOfficial https://facebook/KabayankoKapatidko https://facebook/INCTV https://facebook/INCRadio Official Website of Iglesia ni Cristo incmedia.org kabayankokapatidko.org eaglenews.ph
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:23:30 +0000
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