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==63,000 displaced persons in Maguindanao to receive livelihood aid from New Zealand== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=63703 | |||
*Saturday, November 12, 2011 | |||
:by Dani Doguiles and Salembai Abdullah | |||
KORONADAL CITY, Nov 12 (PIA) -- At least 63,000 internally displaced persons, comprised of about 10,550 farming and fishing households in Maguindanao are set to benefit from a livelihood project that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of New Zealand and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) will implement soon. | |||
The resolution approving the program implementation plan of the project “Restoring Agricultural Livelihoods in Conflict-Affected Areas in Maguindanao Province of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao” was signed in a first meeting of the project coordinating committee at the Al Nor Hotel and Convention Center in Cotabato City yesterday. | |||
Cesar Galvan, project team leader from FAO said, the project has an implementation duration of one year and primarily aims to bring back the agriculture-based livelihood of the target returning IDPs. | |||
Assistance to IDPs is through provision of agricultural input packages that include rice, corn, and vegetable seeds; fertilizers; hand tools; livestock/poultry; and fishing gears; coupled with conduct of solicited trainings and technology demonstrations. | |||
“This will help the IDPs rebuild their livelihoods and lessen the rate of their dependency on external food aid,” Alberto Aduna, emergency coordination officer of FAO said. | |||
A formal launching of the project is scheduled on November 22 in either Barangay Liong or Barangay Balakanen in Datu Piang town, Maguindanao. | |||
A joint press release of the FAO and Government of New Zealand in June this year said that the New Zealand Government has provided a grant amounting to US$ 1,351,413 for FAO to assist IDPs and returnee households in Maguindanao restore their farming activities. | |||
In the same press release, New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Andrew Matheson said the project “is another example of New Zealand Government’s commitment to responding to the most critical needs of conflict-affected people, particularly in Maguindanao province.” | |||
“We hope to contribute in restoring and having lasting impact on food security, national status, and income generation of the IDPs,” he added. (PIA 12/DAF-ARMM) | |||
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Likewise, he pointed out that the DOH in coordination with concerned professional organizations and hospital associations, shall issue guidelines against HIV transmission during surgical, dental, embalming, tatooing, or similar procedures. | Likewise, he pointed out that the DOH in coordination with concerned professional organizations and hospital associations, shall issue guidelines against HIV transmission during surgical, dental, embalming, tatooing, or similar procedures. | ||
There is no compulsory HIV testing, as provided under the law, but the government encourages voluntary testing for individuals with a high risk for contracting HIV, Dr. Tumama concluded. (OTSudaria/PIA) | There is no compulsory HIV testing, as provided under the law, but the government encourages voluntary testing for individuals with a high risk for contracting HIV, Dr. Tumama concluded. (OTSudaria/PIA) | ||
==DOH XII prioritizes contact tracing of HIV-AIDS victims== | ==DOH XII prioritizes contact tracing of HIV-AIDS victims== | ||