Pinoys in Saipan build 15 classrooms in the Philippines
HAIDEE V. EUGENIO, GMANews.TV
01/27/2009 | 08:20 PM
SUSUPE, Saipan – The Filipino community in the US territory of Saipan has so far sponsored the construction of 15 new classrooms in the Philippines under the government’s Classrooms Galing sa mga Manggagawa Abroad (CGMA) program.
Under the program, Filipino groups and individuals abroad donate $4,000 to build one classroom in areas where there are critical shortages of classrooms.
On Monday, two groups – the Saipan Simbang Gabi Group and the Filipino Community Foundation CNMI – turned over to the Philippine Consulate General in the CNMI a total of $16,000 for the construction of four new classrooms.
The Filipino Community Foundation will be building two rooms at Sara National High School in Sara, Iloilo.
The Saipan Simbang Gabi Group will be building two rooms in Misamis Oriental. It earlier funded the construction of a classroom at Lalawigan Elementary School in Borongan, Eastern Samar.
Another classroom construction it funded, located at Labnig Elementary School in Malinao, Albay, will soon be completed.
The four new rooms are added to the 11 classrooms previously funded by the Filipino community in Saipan, the capital of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Nine of the 15 classrooms sponsored by the Filipino community in Saipan are already built, while the construction of two classrooms will soon be completed. The four newly funded classrooms will be built within the year.
Wilfredo DL. Maximo, the Philippine Consul General in the CNMI, expressed appreciation to the two groups for adding to the list of classroom sponsors under the CGMA project.
“These donations are worthy investments for the future of our children in the Philippines because this will mean better classrooms that would provide them with a more conducive learning environment," he said.
In elementary and secondary public schools with critical shortage of classrooms in the Philippines, students hold classes in makeshift classrooms, on stairways, grass lawns and even under the trees. Many students also have to share one room with up to 200 other students. - GMANews.TV
Under the program, Filipino groups and individuals abroad donate $4,000 to build one classroom in areas where there are critical shortages of classrooms.
On Monday, two groups – the Saipan Simbang Gabi Group and the Filipino Community Foundation CNMI – turned over to the Philippine Consulate General in the CNMI a total of $16,000 for the construction of four new classrooms.
The Filipino Community Foundation will be building two rooms at Sara National High School in Sara, Iloilo.
The Saipan Simbang Gabi Group will be building two rooms in Misamis Oriental. It earlier funded the construction of a classroom at Lalawigan Elementary School in Borongan, Eastern Samar.
Another classroom construction it funded, located at Labnig Elementary School in Malinao, Albay, will soon be completed.
The four new rooms are added to the 11 classrooms previously funded by the Filipino community in Saipan, the capital of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Nine of the 15 classrooms sponsored by the Filipino community in Saipan are already built, while the construction of two classrooms will soon be completed. The four newly funded classrooms will be built within the year.
Wilfredo DL. Maximo, the Philippine Consul General in the CNMI, expressed appreciation to the two groups for adding to the list of classroom sponsors under the CGMA project.
“These donations are worthy investments for the future of our children in the Philippines because this will mean better classrooms that would provide them with a more conducive learning environment," he said.
In elementary and secondary public schools with critical shortage of classrooms in the Philippines, students hold classes in makeshift classrooms, on stairways, grass lawns and even under the trees. Many students also have to share one room with up to 200 other students. - GMANews.TV