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Australia supports access to better education

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May 17, 2009 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith, schools division superintendent-DepED General Santos City division Estrella Lariosa and school principal Harry Villanueva lead the inauguration of a two-classroom school building in the Bawing Elementary School in General Santos City. These classrooms were built with Australian government assistance through AusAID amounting to P1.2 million, under the World Bank-managed Support to Philippine Basic Education Reforms (SPHERE) trust fund. SPHERE, a P1.4-billion partnership of AusAID and the World Bank, supports initiaitives in over 200 disadvantaged elementary schools in southern Philippines.

AUSAID

AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR

BAWING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ESTRELLA LARIOSA

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

HARRY VILLANUEVA

PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION REFORMS

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES ROD SMITH

SCHOOL

WORLD BANK
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