Cooperation between the Embassy and the French-Philippine NGOs
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2017 Call for Projects for NGOS: Financing a gender equality program developed by the Virlanie Foundation
Since 2007, the French Embassy has been launching a call for projects among the French-Philippine NGO Network to support the development of projects for the benefit of a disadvantaged social group. This year, the Virlanie Foundation will receive financial support for the implementation of their project entitled "Initiative on Gender Equality Training" (i:GET).
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126 families affected by Typhoon Haiyan move into their new homes constructed through an exemplary French public-private partnership
The inauguration last October 6, 2017 of a relocation site developed by the French NGO, ACTED, in Guiuan province, Eastern Samar marks the completion of a project providing new homes for 126 families whose houses were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in 2013.
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2017 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic
Applications are now open for the 2017 “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” Human Rights Prize
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Call for proposals 2017
Since 2007, the Embassy of France to the Philippines has been launching an annual call for project proposals for the benefit of disadvantaged communitites.
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French choreographer guides underprivileged youth through dance
The Embassy of France to the Philippines, in partnership with France Volontaires, other Franco-Philippine NGOs and Ballet Philippines, organized a contemporary dance workshop for the underprivileged youth conducted by world-renowned French choreographer, Emmanuelle Huynh.
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Grant Recipient of the 2016 Call for Projects Launched by the French Embassy
A jury chaired by the Ambassador of France to the Philippines gathered last November 9, 2016 for the tenth call for proposals opened to the network of French-Philippine NGOs and launched by the French Embassy. The group selected a proposal developed to benefit a community or a marginalized group on the following theme: the youth.
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Inauguration of Tiglawigan Elementary School in Cadiz
French Ambassador Thierry Mathou attended the inauguration of the Tiglawigan Elementary School in Cadiz, Negros Occidental last February 20, 2016. The reconstruction and rehabilitation of the school was done through the efforts of the Virlanie Foundation, in cooperation with Pompiers Solidaires and Amade Mondiale, under Virlanie’s Bangon Probinsya program.