HANOVER Municipal Corporation will be building a house for an indigent resident on Labour Day, May 23. The undertaking, which is the parish project, is in keeping with the Labour Day focus on persons with disabilities, the elderly, and the vulnerable under the theme: ‘Ramp up the access… Show that you care’.

Deputy mayor of Lucea and chairperson for the corporation’s public and civic affairs committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant said the construction of the house will provide safe shelter for an elderly resident from the Hog Bush section of Haughton Meadows.

“He has been living in a shack and is in dire need of assistance,” she said while addressing a recent meeting of the public and civic affairs committee.

Preparatory work, which includes clearing the site, has commenced on the project.

Councillor Dehaney-Grant is urging citizens, as well as organisations, to participate in Labour Day projects in their respective communities and to identify the elderly, the disabled and the vulnerable for assistance.