EAST COAST IRIGUENOS INITIATIVES

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EAST COAST IRIGUENOS INITIATIVES
ECI Dinner/Dance Ft Belvoir Officers
Club November 17, 2007
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Iriga City

• Colonized by Spain 16th Cen
• Ceded to US 1898
• Commonwealth 1935
• WWII Occupation 1942
• Independence July 4, 1946
• Islands Over 7,100
• Population 87 Million
• 35 Below 14 yrs old
• Iriga City South of Manila
• Population 85,000

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MOUNT IRIGA
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RURAL SCENES
HILL TOP VIEW
PRIMARY CROP COPRA (Dried Coconut Meat)
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RURAL SCENES
MOUNTAIN DWELLERS AGTAS
TYPICAL RURAL ROAD
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DOWNTOWN IRIGA
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PARK
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East Coast Iriguenos Group Background

• Core Group 15 families
• The Community Additional 30 families
• Groups Character Informal but highly motivated
• Overall Focus Support needs of Iriguenos
• Support Provided these past 2 years
• Medical Mission
• Maternity Center
• Church
• Orphanage
• Current Focus
• Core Shelters for the Indigenous People

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2006 United Iriguenos Medical Mission
ECI Support Funds and Volunteers Over
5,000 people served
ECI Support Elementary kids Dental Hygiene
education
ECI Support Sports day
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Maternity Center

• Medical Equipment
• Delivery Table

Total of 9 boxes

• TYPICAL CONTENTS
• Clothing
• Medical Needs
• Toys Books

• Church
• 100 Sacks of Rice
• Canned goods/Sugar

Orphanage
Via Couples for Christ
Center for Human Development
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SUPER TYPHOON REMING DISASTER
NOVEMBER 2006
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Gawad Kalinga Housing Project Similar to Habitat
for Humanity Projects, before the Typhoon
Typhoon Reming Aftermath
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ECIs Current Focus

• To build Core Shelters for the homeless
  Indigenous People

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CORE SHELTERS
PHASE I Completed in August 2007 -- 22 Houses
Built -- Cost 230/Per Shelter -- Location
Oyango, Santa Teresita
PHASE II Estimated completion date March
2008 -- Goal 30 Houses to be built -- Cost
250/Per Shelter -- Location Parina, Perpetual
Help
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• East Coast Iriguenos Approach
• On-going
• Clear understanding of needs/requirements
• Collection of donated books/medical
  equipment/clothing
• Continuous fundraising activities
• Partnerships
• United Iriguenos Inc,. (non-profit 501(c) 3
  Organization)
• Government/Non-Governmental Organizations
• Way Forward
• Support Magbinaydan 2008 (Gathering of
  Iriguenos)

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Other Irigueno Initiatives

• San Diego Group
• Literacy Project
• San Francisco/Bay Area Group
• Medical Mission (Dec 07)
• Toronto, Canada Group
• Scholarship programs

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Other Irigueno Initiatives (cont)

• European Group
• Magbinaydan 2008 (Seeing each other 2008)
• Vienna, Austria July
  7-12, 2008
• Highlights
• Welcome Party at Copa Cagrana Danube riverside
• City Tour
• Summit at Europahaus Hotel
• Gala Night
• Optional Tours of Salzburg, Prague, Czech
  Republic,
• Budapest, and Hungary.
• Registration http//magbinaydan2008.heim.at/

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• Thanks for your support and for being here.