Filipinos and friends in Norway sent assistance to the Philippines PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alex Bobadilla   
Friday, 27 June 2008 00:00

Last June 26, 2008 - The Philippine Embassy in Norway together with the Filipino Communities and Friends in Norway collected about $5000.00 to be send to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) project entitled "Classroom, Galing sa Mamamayang Pilipino Abroad (CGMA)".

The "Classroom, Galing sa Mamamayang Pilipino Abroad" (CGMA) project is one of the priorities of the Department of Labor and Employment in support of the basic education agenda of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

This donate-a-classroom project is tapping primarily the resources of about 12,000 overseas Filipino community groups across Middle East, Asia, Europe and the US. These groups' potential contribution to our socio-economic progress, other than their individual members' yearly foreign exchange remittances to the economy, remains untapped.

Their target is to build 10,000 classrooms in elementary and secondary public schools with critical shortage nationwide, through donations from overseas Filipino communities, foreign employers, local private companies, civic organizations and individuals.

Through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on 27 June 2003, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) forged partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Education (DepEd) and the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). Under the MOA:

  • The DepEd will identify and coordinate with public schools regarding critical classroom shortages.
  • The DFA, through its corps of foreign service posts, and the DOLE, through its Overseas Labor Offices will establish a quota system where specific number of classrooms will be solicited for donations from target donors.
  • The FFCCCII will initiate/arrange/facilitate the engagement of qualified and competent contractors to undertake the actual construction of classrooms according to the standards/specifications agreed by all parties.

    • Congratulations to all the people and groups involved in this PROJECT.

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