CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Zamboanga Journal / 08 Jun) U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney on Thursday presided over a ceremony of the Green Bank and recognizing its 30,000th microloan client, officials said.
Officials said Kenney toured the Green Bank, a local bank involved in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Microenterprise Access to Banking Services program or MABS.
She also spoke to participants of an Avian Influenza Municipal Planning Workshop sponsored by the U.S. Government to assist local governments in developing and implementing an avian flu preparedness plan.
Kenney also headed the launching of the U.S. Government-sponsored Education and Employment Alliance (EEA) and met with Gov. Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental and his deputy Julio Uy, and Mayor Juliette Uy of Villanueva City.
The EEA is a partnership between USAID and the International Youth Foundation to help young people get education and job-skills training that will lead to employment.
By creating an alliance of government, businesses, and civil society, the EEA program will put out-of-school youth on the path to jobs, spurring economic development in the area.
The launching of the EEA was only one example of the continuing partnership between the U.S. and Philippine governments in providing opportunities for youths in conflict-affected areas, and of the American people’s commitment to prosperity in the Philippines, officials said.
Kenney later toured the Bulk Water Supply Project, which is partially owned by American investor. She is expected to fly Friday to Jolo island to join President Gloria Arroyo in visiting the U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy which is conducting a series of medical mission in the southern region.
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