Monthly archive June 2010

USAID awards skills training scholarships to Mindanao out-of-school youth

USAID, under its EQuALLS2 Project, is awarding scholarships to 750 out-of-school youth (OSY) in Mindanao conflict areas for higher-level training on work skills as well as a one-year college-level scholarship option that respond to current market needs.

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USAID director turns over madrasah education support in Mindanao

 

 

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USAID Director for East Asian Affairs Frederic Scott turns over books to the directress of the Zamboanga City Arabic school Hadji Mahmud Isa Jammang (HMIJ) Philippine Islamic College Foundation on June 11, 2010. With them are(l-r) HMIJ president Hja. Sitti Almina Tingkahan, USAID Philippines Education Project Officer Shannon Stone and Acting Deputy Mission Director Roger Carlson, and EQuALLS2-Save the Children Program Director Julio Agarano.

EQuALLS2 ties up with USAID health project to provide health education to parents

As part of this year’s Brigada Eskwela or schools maintenance program to prepare schools for opening in June, EQuALLS2 launched its Health and Education Sectoral Partnership with USAID's Sustainable Health Improvements through Empowerment and Local Development (SHIELD) Project at the Bilaan Elementary School in Talipao, Sulu.
 
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A community health session by USAID's SHIELD project at the EQuALLS2-assisted Bilaan Elementary School in Talipao, Sulu during Brigada Eskwela week.

EQuALLS2 strengthens madrasah English proficiency with DepED program

In support of the Department of Education’s National English Proficiency Program for all public elementary and high school teachers, the EQuALLS2 Project trained 71 madrasah (Arabic school) teachers in English proficiency in Davao City from June 1-6, 2010.
 
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