CBOs receive P1.4m US grant

Speaking during the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund and Julia Taft Refugee Fund Grant Ceremony yesterday, Charge’ d’ Affaires Michael Murphy said the US Embassy has undertaken to support community based natural resources management (CBRM) programmes.

Murphy was distributing grants of P1.4 million to Community Based Organisations (CBOs) from across the country. He said his office provides grants to small-scale community development projects to encourage self-reliance within local communities.