As part of its support to the Tacloban City government and to the bunkhouse residents (all Yolanda survivors), DSWD Field Office Eight gave out ‘pabaon’ packs to the transferring populace, and lunch for the volunteers assisting in the activity.

On hand to help the new residents move into their permanent homes were DSWDF0 Eight Project Development Officers (PDOs), representatives of the City Housing Committee, and National Housing Authority (NHA).

Thirty families transferred to Ridgeview Park 1 on December 4, 2015. They were those assigned to Blocks 16, 17, 18 and 19.

Thirty seven families have moved into Ridgeview Park 1 on December 8, 2015. These residents were assigned to Ridgeview Park 1, Blocks 12, 13, 14 and 15.

On December 9, twenty seven families have moved into Blocks 4, 5, 10 and 11 of the same permanent resettlement site.

Transfer schedules

This has been the sixth movement from the IPI bunkhouse to Ridgeview Park 1, as the first one happened on December 2014. The second movement was done on October 20, 2015, and the third in November 9 this year.

This permanent resettlement located north of Tacloban City will be home to 1,000 families, all survivors of typhoon Yolanda. Bunkhouse residents from IPI, NHA and Abucay bunkhouses are due to be transferred here. Other NHA resettlement sites in the city for bunkhouse residents are Villa Sofia with 640 units for Tagpuro transitional sites and other fisher folk, and Villa Diana with 409 units for New Kawayan transitional sites.

In October 29, 2015, an inauguration ceremony for the water supply support from the Nigerian government thru DSWD has been held. This provision of potable water, on-site water source development, water filtration and rain harvesting was a joint undertaking of the DSWD and the International Organization of Migrants (IOM). The city government will also be setting up an electricity connection this December for the resettlement sites