Relocation Offer For Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng Victims Should be Complete

Aside from the loss of lives, Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng also rendered thousands of Filipinos either homeless or unable to return to their damaged houses. The big question now is: what's next for them after staying at the crammed evacuation centers? The Philippine government recently created a reconstruction commission composed of leaders from the government and private sectors, in order to manage and oversee the massive relocation and rehabilitation programs for the typhoon victims. This newly created commission is also tasked with the judicious use of the millions of foreign aid now coming from abroad for the sole benefits of the typhoon victims as well as for the reconstruction of the country's roads and bridges and other infrastructures damaged by the two typhoons. Relocation program for the thousands of families victimized by floods should be complete. It should assure the families the basic needs and comforts of life such as shelter, food, clothing, water, electricity, and source of income. The children should be be able to go to good schools and nice environment. This is not an easy task nor it can be done in just a short time. But if the government of President Arroyo and the new commission it created believed in serving its people at its time of greatest need, then this massive effort of reconstruction and rehabilitation can be achieved.