Bangsamoro services caravan ready to roll in Muslim areas

From Malaya (May 20): Bangsamoro services caravan ready to roll in Muslim areas

DEPUTY presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte yesterday said government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are preparing for the Sajahatra Bangsamoro caravan which aims to provide health, education, and livelihood services in provinces where there is a great concentration of Muslim communities.

Valte, in an interview by Radyo ng Bayan, said the Sajahatra caravans would go around Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, Lanao del Norte and Sur, Sulu, Zamboanga Sibugay, North and South Cotabato, Davao Oriental, and Maguindanao from June to November.

She said Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, in coordination with concerned agencies and the MILF leaders, have been preparing for the provincial caravans.

The Sajahatra Bangsamoro program is the socio-economic peace initiative that was launched in February by President Aquino at the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute compound in Sultan Kudarat in Maguindanao. It stemmed from the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro that was signed in October 2012.

Last February, the government provided medical services, health insurance, cash for work program, college scholarships and technical-vocational training, educational assistance to madaris (Islamic schools) and private schools, and needs assessment of selected Bangsamoro communities, among others.

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