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Ambassador Kenney Visits Zamboanga and Basilan, Inaugurates Completed USAID Projects

U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney and Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat free a green sea turtle, returning the endangered animal back to its natural habitat. The turtle, named "Espiritu de Paz de Zamboanga," weighs 50 kilos and measures 28 inches by 24 inches.
Students and staff from the Santa Barbara Social Development Center in Zamboanga City present a gift to U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney (right), accompanied by Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process (back right). Through its Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS2) program, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded improved lighting and seating and a book donation for the Center’s Library. The Center provides temporary housing and life-skills training to about 60 out-of-school youth and young children. Zamboanga City is one of the 39 USAID-EQuALLS2 project beneficiary municipalities and cities.
Ambassador Kenney (third from left) and Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process (third from right), cut the ribbon at the turn-over ceremony of the Camanse Bridge. The Camanse Bridge in Lamitan, Basilan was constructed under the Regional Impact Program (RIP) component of USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under the GEM Program, USAID has thus far financed the construction of 830 barangay-level infrastructure projects and 40 other projects throughout the conflict-affected areas of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
Five young women from Lamitan, Basilan pose on the new bridge over the Camanse River after the turn-over ceremony. The bridge was constructed under the Regional Impact Program (RIP) component of USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under the GEM Program, USAID has thus far financed the construction of 830 barangay-level infrastructure projects and 40 other projects throughout the conflict-affected areas of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

Last Update :: 07/14/2008

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