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U.S. Government Inaugurates Health and Education Facilities in Leyte

Tacloban, March 31, 2017 — U.S. and Philippine officials inaugurated newly constructed health facilities and classrooms in Leyte that are part of the U.S. government initiative to help Typhoon Yolanda survivors build back better. The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Health Chief Karen Klimowski led the ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 31 March, 2017 | Topics: Events, Press Releases | Tags: Leyte, USAID, USAID Philippines

U.S. Government-Funded Partnership Advances Water Security in Visayas and Mindanao

March 23, 2017, Manila — “Through our partnership with the Philippine government, more than 1.3 million Filipinos have gained access to improved sanitation and over 1.5 million more now have access to safe and clean drinking water,” said U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim in his keynote address during the finale ceremony of U.S. Agency for ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 23 March, 2017 | Topics: Events, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Sung Kim, Basilan, Be Secure Project, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Leyte, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Sung Kim, USAID, USAID Philippines, Visayas, World Water Day, Zamboanga

U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg Visits Leyte

May 31, 2016 — On May 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg inaugurated 10 newly-constructed classrooms in Palo City, Leyte as part of the U.S. government’s rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda. Ambassador Goldberg joined Leyte Governor Dominic Petilla, Eden Dadap, Head of Special Programs, Department of Education Region 8; ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 31 May, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Leyte, USAID

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