MAGALANG, PAMPANGA — As part of the DSWD Region 3’s response on the pandemic pursuant to the memorandum of DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista mandating all Residential Care Centers and Facilities to set up an isolation facility to cater the staff and residents who needed to undergo quarantine. The HAVEN for Girls Pampanga held its groundbreaking ceremony for the isolation facility.

The isolation facility will have four rooms which will be constructed to cope with a new normal set-up to continuously safeguard the health and safety of all residents and staff. The total project cost is 2,014,520 pesos with a floor area of 76.70 sq. m. Every room will be equipped with a comfortable bed to sleep in, wooden desk and chair, sofa,water dispenser, and other amenities that will be suited for the safety of all residents and staff.

“The pandemic pushed us to create a lot of convergent opportunities, it taught us to think creatively and appreciate concerted efforts not only in the government sector but as well as with the private sector. Now that we are in the post-pandemic setting we can maximize the isolation facility for other purposes. I hope we will continue to help each other until the construction is finished.” said Regional Director Marites M. Maristela

The groundbreaking ceremony was also attended by Assistant Director for Administration Maribel M. Blanco, Division Chief Priscilla C. Tiopengco, HAVEN Pampanga Head Social Worker, Divina Silos, and Pampanga State Agricultural University Representative Dr. Geraldine Sanchez.

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