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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs in the Philippines focus on strengthening peace in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao, promoting good governance, increasing economic opportunities, protecting the environment, strengthening health services, and improving access to education. EQuALLS2 is USAID's flagship education project in the Philippines. |
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The mission of the Philippines' Department of Education (DepED) is to provide quality basic education that is equitably accessible to all and lay the foundation for life-long learning and service for the common good. EQuALLS2 works closely with DepED to attain this mission. |
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The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is the regional arm of DepED for achieving its mission in the area. |
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The Philippines' Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) aims to encourage the full participation of and to mobilize industry, labor, local government units, and technical-vocational institutions in the skills development of the country's human resources. EQuALLS2 works closely with TESDA in providing livelihood skills training to out-of-school youth in areas most affected by conflict and poverty in Mindanao, Philippines. |
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The goal of the International Youth Foundation (IYF) is to create and expand school- and community-based learning, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities for highly at-risk children and young people living in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines. IYF implements EQuALLS2 in Region XII (Central Mindanao) and in the ARMM provinces of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi. |
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Petron Foundation implements programs to secure the future of Filipino children and to fuel their hopes through corporate social responsibility endeavors in the areas of education, environment, health and human services, and advocacy. It is the lead partner of EQuALLS2 in classroom construction and repair. |
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The mission of Save the Children is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Through support from different organizations, Save the Children ensures that children in need will grow up safe, educated and healthy, and better able to attain their rights. Save the Children implements EQuALLS2 in Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) and parts of Region XII (Central Mindanao) and the ARMM. |
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Synergeia is a coalition of individuals, institutions, and organizations working together to improve the quality of basic education. Synergeia works with local governments, the Department of Education, socio-civic groups, schools, teachers, parents, and students to implement systemic programs that will improve the processes, systems, and structures of learning and teaching. Synergeia implements EQuALLS2 in the ARMM. |
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EDC is a global non-profit organization that designs, delivers, and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. Working with public- and private-sector partners, it harnesses the power of people and systems to improve education, health promotion and care, workforce preparation, communications technologies, and civic engagement. EDC coordinates EQuALLS2's implementation and provides technical, financial, and communications guidance to the project's lead implementers. |
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US-based Brother's Brother Foundation is the world's largest private donor of books from some of the world's leading publishers. It is providing 1.8 million textbooks to public elementary schools in areas most affected by conflict and poverty in Mindanao until 2011, through a Global Development Alliance (GDA) with USAID/Philippines under the EQuALLS2 project. |
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Microsoft is working with the EQuALLS2 project to help the Philippine Department of Education make quality education accessible to all Filipinos, by training public elementary school teachers in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao on basic computer use. |
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The National Book Store Foundation is EQuALLS2's partner in enhancing English language teaching and learning in areas most affected by conflict and poverty in Mindanao, by bringing much-awaited Merriam-Webster dictionaries to public elementary school classrooms and community learning centers in the ARMM and Regions IX and XII. |
