BASILAN PROVINCE (OPAPP/ JAN. 31, 2008)--- Over a thousand families in Basilan have recently received various forms of assistance from the combined efforts of government and non-government organizations through the Health, Education, Livelihood for Progress (H.E.L.P.) Humanitarian Caravan. Following the successful launch of similar undertaking in Sulu days earlier, the inter-agency caravan, armed with medicines, books, scholarship grants, and livelihood packages, including feeding programs for the children, trooped to the towns of Tipo-Tipo and Sumisip to mount humanitarian offensives. "We thank the national government and partner organizations for the conduct of this humanitarian undertaking," says Basilan Governor Jum Akbar. "This is something that our people in Basilan have longed for and something that we hope can help make way for peace." Coordinated by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the H.E.L.P Humanitarian Caravan is a...
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