Happy to announce that the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) in the United Kingdom has approved our project “Mindanao Pilot Sustainable Sanitation and Food Security Project” with the project areas in 2 municipalities in Misamis Oriental. The project seeks to improve access to water and sanitation and improve health and nutrition via vegetable gardening and root crop production among marginal farming communities. The project will run for 1 year starting this month. Hoping great success with this new partnership.

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