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Ambassador Kenney Turns Over 907 New Houses to Families Displaced by 2006 Typhoons in Bicol

U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney along with the proud owner of a new house in Batangay Sta. Eulalia in Baao, Camarines Sur cut the ribbon during a turn-over ceremony October 24. Ambassador Kenney officially turned over 207 new houses and a community center to victims of Typhoon Reming in 2006. On the same day, the Ambassador turned over an additional 700 new houses and two community centers in Barangay Tagaytay in Camalig, Albay. The beneficiary families were also given educational materials on disaster preparedness. The houses and community centers were constructed as part of the $5 million grant from the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners, International Organization for Migration and Save the Children.
A Barangay Tagaytay resident in Camalig, Albay Province, looks down the hillside at the rows of colorful, newly built houses. U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney led the ceremonies in Camarines Sur and Albay turning over around 900 new houses and three community centers to families who were displaced by Typhoon Reming in 2006. The U.S. government provided a $5-million grant for the construction of the houses and community centers and support for livelihood opportunities for the displaced families.
Ambassador Kristie Kenney gives a Vitamin A supplement to a local child of Barangay Tagaytay in Camalig, Albay. The Ambassador visited the community October 24 to turnover new houses and two community centers to around 700 families displaced by typhoons in 2006. A $5-million U.S. government grant financed the construction of 907 new houses and three community centers as well as the creation of livelihood opportunities for the typhoon victims in the southern Luzon provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay.
Commanding Officer Joseph Naman (right) of the U.S. Navy ship USS Reuben James conducts a tour of the ship for Ambassador Kenney (center, at the back), AFP military personnel and members of the Bicol regional media. Reuben James docked near Legazpi, Albay on a routine port call and a goodwill visit. Volunteers from the ship’s crewmen helped refurbish and paint at local elementary schools. The crew also donated medical supplies from the American people to the Legazpi City Health Office and the local office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

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