Labour will not rest until every Dominican family gets roof over their head: PM Skerrit

Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit said in his recent statement, “Labour will not rest nor stuck until every last Dominican family has a climate-resilient roof over the head”.

“I repeat every last Dominican eventually have a climate-resilient comfortable homes over the head and Roosevelt Skerrit will do everything in his power to ensure that this happens for people of Dominica and that is my solemnly pledge to you”, he added.

Commonwealth of Dominica a modest nation with a population of 73,543 people is making an effort to be the world's first climate-resilient country.

Climate change is more critical in the Caribbean than anywhere else in the world. Arranged in the tropical storm belt, it's particularly defenceless against the rising ocean temperature that have incited an expansion in significant storms.

The housing revolution programme of Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, giving a large number of climate-resilient houses to Dominicans is vital for the future of the country.

On August 2015, Tropical Storm Erika, the deadliest cataclysmic event that Dominica had encountered since Hurricane David in 1979 brought heavy downpour that activated gigantic flooding and avalanches. Waterways and streams flooded with rocks and trash and cleared out and crushed homes, towns, extensions, and streets. This disastrous occasion brought about the lamentable passing of at least 20 Dominicans and legitimately affected around 16,000 people, roughly 23% of Dominica's population. More than 1000 families were left homeless, and in excess of 800 shelters become dilapidated.

The Government of Dominica immediately made a move to recoup from the terrible event and immediately responded to the greatest need of the country – the rebuilding of homes and along these lines restoring the soul of the Dominican people. However, this pushed the government to build not just homes but houses that can survive in natural disasters.

On September 2016, the Government of Dominica launched the Bellevue Chopin Housing Project to benefit the Petite Savanne residents who needed to clear and forsake their town because of Tropical Storm Erika. The Housing Project consists of 353 – residential units, a commercial plaza, a farmer’s market, and a football pitch.

During the modifying process, on September 2017, the Commonwealth of Dominica was indeed hit by a deadly fatal typhoon, Hurricane Maria. It disregarded legitimately Dominica as a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, causing extensive, catastrophic haram over the island. Hurricane Maria devastated 23,500 houses in Dominica, representing approximately 90% of houses countrywide and in excess of 30 people were confirmed dead.