Deputy Chief of Mission John Law traveled to Cotabato recently to launch a new Countering Violent Extremism partnership with local government units and civil society. He also met with Barmm officials to discuss US support for the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority, totaling nearly P1 billion.
The new Converge Program supports local government units, researchers, and civil society organizations to reduce the drivers of violent extremism and increase community resilience to radicalization. Converge is funded with P86 million from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and implemented in partnership with The Asia Foundation through local implementers Kadtuntaya Foundation, Inc., Integrated Resource Development for Tri-People, Inc., and Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc.
DCM Law also reaffirmed the US government’s commitment to democratic governance and health in the Bangsamoro during visits to two ongoing US Agency for International Development projects.
These projects build upon more than two decades of US development assistance and investment to the Bangsamoro. (usaid)
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