Melissa Skerrit visits a newly constructed private "climate-resilient" home in Roseau

Roseau, Dominica: The government of Dominica continues its goal of becoming the world's first climate-resilient nation. Victims of Hurricane Maria and Tropical Storm Erika are being benefited from the National Housing Programme that aims at constructing over 5,000 climate-resilient homes while over 1640 are already completed.

Another resident at King George V Street, Roseau, received a newly built structure on privately owned land. The climate-resilient home is a two-bedroom house and serves both as residential and commercial purposes.

Ms Melissa Skerrit- Parliamentary Representative for the Roseau Central constituency, shared the news on her official Facebook handle, where she posted a thread of photographs with the homeowner.

Ms Skerrit captioned the photos, "King George V Street has received another facelift through the erection of a newly built structure on privately owned land. This two bedrooms hurricane-proof building serves both residential and commercial purposes and has a concrete roof to accommodate a second level."

She continued that one can visit the snackette ideally located at the front of the building for local fruit juices and tasty meals such as bull foot soup and pasta.

[caption id="attachment_31408" align="aligncenter" width="412"] Melissa Skerrit with the home-owner in George V street, Roseau.[/caption] Parliamentary Representative from Roseau Central also visited a private newly constructed two-storey concrete house in Roseau for a person named Gadafi who earlier lived under a tarpaulin.

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced earlier this week that over 100 people received climate-resilient homes in the country and the government continue to fund the national programme.

He had stated that climate-resilient homes structures are completed in Castle Bruce, Georgetown, Cotton Hill, Laplaine, Delices, San Sauveur, Grand Bay, Grand Fond and of course, Bellevue Chopin to relocate the people displaced from Petite Savanne by Tropical Storm Erika.

"Safe living conditions contribute to the overall wellbeing of a people, to their ability to achieve financial success and improve their standard of life, and for their children to access better educational and other opportunities in life." added the Prime Minister on Sunday.