BARACOA, Guantánamo.—Men in both civilian clothes and the Revolutionary Armed Forces' olive green can be seen coming and going in unusual activity this week in the mountain community of Tabajó, in in the Quiviján People's Council district.
Their goal is completing, as soon as possible, a small factory to produce a variety of construction materials and provide related services to the local population.
The civilian workers are from the Local Varied Industries Enterprise, which will manage the facility, while the soldiers joining the workforce came from the Guantánamo Military Region command.
The factory will include a carpentry workshop, and areas devoted to the repair of both mattresses and small household appliances, according to Georkis Rojas representing the company.
A few hundred meters up the hill, initial work is underway to erect a facility to produce cement blocks.
These efforts in Tabajó are part of a provincial program to install 22 facilities to produce construction supplies across the region most affected by Hurricane Matthew, according to Carlos Raúl Martínez Turro, vice president of the provincial Administrative Council, taking advantage of raw materials available in different areas, to support the repair of homes.
Speaking with Granma, he reported that seven are already up and running, and added that lumber processing shops are being erected in mountain areas, to produce wall fittings, roof supports, and other necessities.
Included in plans are a total of seven in the municipality of Baracoa, where cement block factories in Cabacú and Mabujabo are already functioning. The latter is being expanded to produce other items, as well, reported Sergio Samón Toirac, vice president of the municipal government In addition to improving living conditions, the factories will create some 220 jobs in mountain areas.
