Friday, June 20, 2008 SJI-Alumni Association gives away 50 houses
THE St. John's Institute Alumni Association (SJI-AA) is going to give new hope to 50 poor families of Bacolod City through the "50 Houses for 50 Years" project.
Dubbed as the Msgr. John Liu and Msgr. John Su GK Village "Handumanan sang Hua Ming" housing project, this effort is in celebration of SJI's golden jubilee in 2009 and is a tribute to the founding fathers of Hua Ming - Msgr. John Liu and Msgr. John Su.
The GK Village will be constructed under the supervision of Gawad Kalinga and Couples for Christ-Bacolod. The houses will be built on a property owned by the St. John's Institute in purok Mabinuligon, Barangay Handumanan.
The Queen of Peace parish will identify the beneficiaries.
The alumni of SJI have pooled their efforts and resources to gather enough funds and raise the needed amount to complete the 50 houses.
Mina said aside from merely giving houses, SJI-AA is also aiming for a holistic community development for the beneficiaries. The GK Village will feature a multi-purpose hall given by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and a training center. These amenities would be utilized for community-building activities that would be sponsored by any of the SJI outreach programs in the future.
SJI-AA president William Chua said groundbreaking ceremonies would be held on June 24 at 8:30 a.m. at the site itself. This is to coincide with the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist and the birthday of SJI founder, Msgr. John Liu.
The entire village is expected to be completed by November this year while the beneficiaries would be able to live in their new homes by January 2009.
The Msgr. John Liu and Msgr. John Su GK Village "Handumanan sang Hua Ming" is a very strategic new development. It is only 200 meters away from the main road and 400 meters from the public market. The PUJ terminal is 500 meters away while the circumferential road is three kilometers far. The site is 1.8-km. from the entrance to Barangay Handumanan.
