06/08/2025
๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ
On a small island of Anajawan in Surigao del Norte, where the memory of Typhoon Odette still lingers, the Philippine Army Finance Center Producers Integrated Cooperative (PAFCPIC) held its MOA Signing and Groundbreaking Ceremony in Anajawan Elementary School last July 9, 2025, reaffirming its long-standing partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) in Siargao.
What welcomed the PAFCPIC team was something more powerful than elaborate shows and banners. The children of Anajawan offered a heartfelt series of traditional dances. Clad in their vibrant cultural attire with feet bare on the sand, their smiles reached the team and other distinguished guests far before the boats reached the shore. Their movements told stories older than the typhoon, stories of who they are, where they come from, and what it meant to stand on a land that has experienced so much but is relentlessly standing. At that moment, it was clear that while the storm may have taken much, it did not take their identity.
The school stood in quiet contrast, walls that still bore signs of weathered seasons, roofs that had already been repaired more than once, and buildings that were severely damaged. Typhoon Odette, which made landfall in 2021, had torn through the region with unforgiving force. Anajawan was one of the hits. The elementary school, a learning space, was not spared.
In the years since, PAFCPIC sought to support schools in the area. The current project marks the third major construction and rehabilitation project in Siargao Island. These efforts are part of a sustained, deliberate partnership built on continuous communication with DepEd.
During the ceremony, PAFCPIC Chairperson BGen Francisco M Paredes (Ret), spoke of how the service the Cooperative implements in areas like Anajawan will not cease. The Cooperative acknowledges the challenges of teaching and learning in an unsafe and suboptimal environment which is why it is committed to creating spaces that inspire and encourage.
PAFCPICโs work in Anajawan is a model of the kind of remembering we do in areas that have been devastated. It is development that refuses to be performative. It is presence that outlasts news coverage. It is service proven not by words, but by consistent action.
As the ground was broken, surrounded by students, teachers, and local officials, there was a sense of calm purpose in the air. No headlines were needed to validate what was happening. The people here knew exactly what this meant.
It meant the work continues.
It meant they were not alone.
And for the people of Anajawan, that is something worth holding on to.
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The ceremonies were graced by the presence of representatives from PAFCPIC headed by ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐๐ฆ๐ต) โ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ต (๐๐ฆ๐ต) โ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ โ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ โ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ด ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ โ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ด ๐๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ช ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ โ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข โ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐บ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ โ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, representatives from the Department of Education (DepEd) including ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐. ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ โ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ค โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ โ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐บ ๐ ๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ โ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฐ โ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐, the Municipality of General Luna represented by ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ โ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ โ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, the Barangay Captain of Anajawan - ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐. ๐๐ช๐ฎ, and ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ from RBEP Construction โ the contractor for the construction and renovation projects for the said school.
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