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Ambassador Kenney Dedicates Reconstructed Sulu Cooperative Destroyed by Terrorist Bomb in 2006

U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney poses with members of the Board of the Sulu Consumers Cooperative in Jolo City. The Cooperative was severely damaged by a terrorist bomb in March 2006, claiming five lives and wounding over 20. Local volunteers, U.S. armed forces, and Armed Forces of the Philippines joined with the U.S. NGO 3P Foundation to reconstruct the building, which was re-dedicated on the one-year anniversary of the attack.
A priest joins family members of victims of the March 2006 terrorist bombing of the Sulu Consumers Cooperative. The U.S.-based NGO 3P Foundation provided funding that allowed for local volunteers, U.S. armed forces, and Armed Forces of the Philippines to cooperate in rebuilding this important community resource in Jolo City.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney greets students at Sulu National High School in Jolo City. She presided over ceremonies to provide the school with livelihood training equipment and learning supplies provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Students of Sulu National High School made U.S. and Filipino flags to mark the March 27 visit of U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney. Ambassador Kenney presided over ceremonies to provide the school with livelihood training equipment and learning supplies provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development.
3P Foundation Director Andy Derossi, AMORE Chief of Party Tetchie Capellan, U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney, Sulu Province Governor Don Loong, and USAID Philippines Mission Director Jon Lindborg pose in Jolo City for a group photo with local officials from remote areas of Sulu Province whose communities now have electricity thanks to the USAID's "Alliance for Off-Grid Renewable Energy" (AMORE) project.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney speaks before a map showing remote communities of Sulu Province that now have electricity thanks to USAID's "Alliance for Off-Grid Renewable Energy" (AMORE) project. The March 27 ceremony in Jolo City marked the turnover to Sulu Province of 88 electrification projects under the AMORE program.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney, 3P Foundation Director Andy Derossi, and USAID Philippines Mission Director Jon Lindborg cut a ribbon to formally turn over $33,000 worth of office equipment for the Regional Trial Court of Sulu Province. The equipment was provided by the United States as part of a long-term effort to improve judicial and court administration in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney greets staff and officials of the Regional trial Court of Sulu on March 27 in Jolo City. The Ambassador participated in ceremonies to turn over $33,000 worth of office equipment to the Court. The equipment was provided by the United States as part of a long-term effort to improve judicial and court administration in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.

Last Update :: 03/29/2007

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