00:00The Sudin family has been living at their home in Tanama Road, Brass of Venado for most of their lives.
00:07Recently, the land slipped on three occasions due to heavy rainfall.
00:11But two weeks ago, on May 25th, their home collapsed.
00:16Built on stilts, Sudin says the only thing that's preventing the house from collapsing into the ravine is a coconut tree.
00:23He says his son missed three days of school and since then, every day his five-year-old son has been asking about school.
00:52We're trying to send the boy to school, so I'm the principal, say, don't send him yet until we get better ourselves when we get a little home.
01:00The 55-year-old man says, out of the kindness of some strangers' hearts, his family has been able to have a roof over their heads since May.
01:08We spent a night. In the meantime, since the 20th, for May to now, we did a pillow to post by people.
01:17They keep me, some keep me every time. So we know where we're going tonight.
01:21But I don't want to go home and things, if you understand. If I had to beat my body some way below a car, a girl on his work, last night, as I tell you, we went by arm.
01:35And we didn't know the people, the lady, the fella will be one night. So we didn't know where we were going for the night.
01:40Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit, was informed of the situation by TV6 and she has promised that her ministry will help the family.
01:51When TV6 visited the Sudin's family yesterday, he informed us that persons from the National Social Development Programme and KUVA Corporation visited their home and assessed the situation.
02:03He said his family will receive a grant of $40,000 from the ministry.
02:08Justin come from the corporation and he come and he see the place and he tell me how, the house, he take out pictures inside, outside and he say we can't stay here.
02:20So he tell me to come in KUVA Corporation tomorrow and come, we're going to give you a letter.
02:26Either we go in welfare, or he said we are going to get some welfare.
02:32He come and he see the place, he say they're going to check out to get our rent and they're paying for three months.
02:38And it's going to be $2,500 a month. So it's for the three months and then they say they go,
02:43it's time that they go send you a letter in town, give it a cent and call it a grant.
02:47Of $40,000, he say. He say about $40,000.
02:50And after the three months, what will happen after?
02:52Well, he say, well, before that we go get our home.
02:55Sudin hopes to get a piece of land before the end of the three months so he can build a proper home for his family.
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