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OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN AWARD 2021



          Core Shelter Assistance Program is currently implemented
        by DSWD to assist homeless families who have been
        displaced by different kinds of calamities. It is the vision by
        Representative Elizaldy S. Co, as member of the House of
        Representatives to create a shelter that is strong and reliable
        to withstand powerful typhoons and institutionalize the
        program by way of strong legislation. Recipient of the 4P’s
        program  that  live  in  vulnerability  on  the  eastern  seaboard
        who frequently suffer from strong storms should be covered
        by this program. Representative Co’s passion to help the
        poorest of the poor is not only manifested by way of ideals
        but with immediate action.






                                                                    CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACTION DURING CALAmITIES
                                                                     As a man of action Cong. Elizaldy S. Co, immediately provided
                                                                    relief packs to Bicolano victims during the series of typhoon
                                                                    calamities in Bicol region in coordination with non-government
                                                                    organizations such as Sunwest Care Foundation Inc., deploying
                                                                    earth moving heavy equipment in different parts of Bicol region
                                                                    in order to open the roads that were blocked by large rocks,
                                                                    sand and soil, trees and electric posts. In the province of Albay,
                                                                    the municipalities of Sto. Domingo, Daraga and Guinobatan,
                                                                    they were used the longest due to the aggregates from Mayon
                                                                    Volcano. The organizational and networking skills of the good
                                                                    Congressman was likewise showcased when he partnered with
                                                                    other government offices and civic organizations. GI sheets,
                                                                    lighting fixtures and sacs of rice were distributed to the typhoon
                                                                    victims amidst the threats of COVID-19. He persists to contribute
                                                                    by way of policies and direction for the National Government on
                                                                    the strategies towards managing COVID-19. He has presented
                                                                    a  plan that  the  health protocols must  be  balanced with an
                                                                    economic agenda. It is very important that every family must
                                                                    have food on their table.

          When COVID-19 hit the Philippines, he provided relief packs to
        the stranded Bicolano workers in different parts of Metro Manila
        and exerted efforts to transport them to different provinces of
        Bicol region. It was clear to him that these workers should be
        able to unite with their family due to the community quarantine.
        He provided relief goods to Bicolano families not only in Metro
        Manila but in peripheral provinces such as Rizal, Laguna and
        Bulacan in order for his kababayans to survive this pandemic.
        He provided food packs and personal protective equipment to
        the front-liners, i.e. the PNP and the AFP who were manning the
        check-points  in order  to  implement the mandated quarantine
        protocols by Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious
        Diseases (IATF-EID). The medical front-liners were also given
        the same attention by Cong. Elizaldy S. Co providing food
        packs and personal protective equipment. He has donated to
        hospitals in Bicol region together with medicines.


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