OTABATO CITY, Philippines - A freshly forged civilian-military partnership has gained ground in the safe and swift building of school units in remote areas of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), producing two more new edifices in a village in Maguindanao where children used to hike several kilometers daily just to attend elementary studies.
As the Armed Forces of the Philippines shifted paradigm from combat stance to civic actions, the ARMM governance tapped an Army Task Force in building and rehabilitating school buildings in Maguindanao where frequent armed conflicts had worsened rural children's inaccessibility to schools. (Ali Macabalang)
