Kamara
IKINALUGOD ng Kamara de Representantes ang pagbibigay ng halos P1 bilyong financial assistance ng United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sa bansa upang labanan ang coronavirus disease 2019.
Bago nag-adjourn, pinagtibay ng Kamara ang House Resolution 954 upang kilalanin ang ginawa ng USAID. Ang resolusyon ay akda nina House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez at Tingog Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez.
“USAID deserves the highest recognition and admiration of this grateful nation,” saad ng resolusyon. “The USAID has always been providing full support to the Philippine government’s projects in terms of economic development and governance, education, environment, health, and other humanitarian assistance.”
Noong Marso nagbigay ang USAID ng P762.6 milyon at noong Hunyo 5 ay dinagdagan ito ng P201 milyon.
Sa nakaraang dalawang dekada, nakatanggap ang bansa mula sa Amerika ng P29.6 bilyon ($582 milyon) sa health sector at P228.8 bilyon ($4.5 bilyon) para sa development goals ng bansa.
“Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, USAID supported the basic education, higher education and workforce development in the country, in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), to advance the children’s right to quality education through meaningful reading and learning experiences at home or remote learning, and helped identify or address learning gaps for students once schools reopen after the pandemic,” saad ng resolusyon.