Thirty e-Kasih families get help to repair homes in Bingkor
KENINGAU: Thirty families registered with e-Kasih had their homes in several villages in Bingkor here repaired through the Touch Point 2017 program.
The program is a government initiated project under the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) of the Prime Minister Department, and is implemented on a gotong royong basis for the selected family homes and must to be completed according to the day and date determined along with quality work.
“Through this program, repair works are done on a cooperative basis involving villagers at a cost of up to RM10,000 per house,” said Bingkor community development leader, Kennedy Jie John, yesterday.
He said the homeowners selected are families with eKasih, who are also provided with daily necessities.
Kennedy, who made a survey of the project at Kampung Berungis Baru, Baginda, Tigot and Kota Ayangan, said, the home repair project involves replacing roofs and walls of problematic houses (leaking and dilapidated) and repainting of the faded walls of the houses.
According to him, the program would help to alleviate the burden of the people, especially those eligible families.
Meanwhile, one of the beneficiaries, Demson Uni of Kampung Berungis Baru Bingkor, is thankful to the ruling government for their assistance.
Also present during the visit were the Upper Interior National Unity and Integration Department (JPNIN) officer, John Aping, State Development Office officer, Zaid Idrus, and JASA officer, Daud Abdullah.