The city’s 180 barangays today received some P240,000 worth of carpentry tools and other equipment from the Rotary Club (RC) of Iloilo City and its sister clubs from Metro Manila.
RC-Iloilo City president Joe Totenco said the equipment aimed to aid them in the rehabilitation and reconstruction works after Typhoon Frank.
The set of equipment include submersible pump, bolo, hammer, saw, crew bar, nylon rope, grass cutter, rake, lawn mower, wheel borrow, among others.
Totenco said each barangay was given a set of tools depending on their request that was submitted to Barangay Captain Roberto Divinagracia, president of the Association of Barangay Captains at the City Proper district.
Barangays in Lapuz district received P14,540 worth of equipment; Mandurriao, P24,390; Arevalo, P17,080; Lapaz, P33,500; Molo, P31,500; Jaro, P48,320 and City Proper, P70,594.
Totenco said barangay residents can coordinate with their barangay captains if they want to borrow some of the equipment.