Japan reconstructs six classrooms in Occ Mindoro

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe and Calintaan Mayor Lily Racca Estoya signed the grant contract for “The Project for Reconstruction of Classrooms for Calintaan Central Elementary School in Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro” on October 9 at the Embassy of Japan. The project, amounting to $107,500 (approximately P4.3 million) is funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).

Pupils of Calintaan Central Elementary School have been studying in makeshift classrooms since Typhoon Ondoy destroyed six of their academic classrooms. These pupils have to attend classes in dilapidated rooms that are not conducive to learning especially during the rainy season. The current situation is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed by providing the 240 pupils of the school a safer learning environment.