| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2009 
President Calderón to Deliver Cement Floors to Every Home in the Country by 2012
 Presidencia de la República
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| | President Calderón urged Mexicans not to give up but to work to overcome the crisis. | |
On tour in San Luis Potosí, President Felipe Calderón pledged that by the end of his administration, all the country’s homes would have cement floors.
To achieve this, families must meet the requirements established by the Firm Floor Program of the Social Development Secretariat, which includes registering their housing.
“We are going to make the greatest effort ever in Mexican history to take this step, and to bring people out of the poverty that involves sleeping on a dirt floor, so that they will be able to sleep on a concrete floor where children will at least be protected from disease, dust and scorpions, he said.
“Our word is our bond,” said the President in the Municipality of Huehuetlán, one of the poorest in the country, where he hailed the delivery of all the cement floors in the village, in other words, nearly two thousand homes, a pledge fulfilled before the end of his government's administration.
Accompanied by State Governor Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, as well as Secretary of Social Development, Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, he announced that in 2008, 35,000 cement floors were laid in 42 municipalities in San Luis Potosí, meaning an investment of over 200 million pesos, while 600 families received support to build a room and 1,700 ecological stoves were installed.
“I am are convinced that rather than gifts or charity, what Mexicans need to overcome poverty and marginalization is a bit of support and opportunity so that we can move ahead," he said.
Addressing an audience of Tének and Huastec communities, the President urged them not to give up but to work to progress and overcome their situation of poverty.
“I would ask you not to become discouraged or dispirited or to lose the strength to progress. The country certainly has problems. We are coping with a crisis and what we Mexicans have to do is to work a lot," he said. |
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