Philippines: NCIP Grants Educational Assistance To Indigenous Peoples

Philippines: NCIP Grants Educational Assistance To Indigenous Peoples Some 249 poor but deserving Filipino students from indigenous tribes in Region IX were granted educational assistance from the government thru the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) this year. In a weekly media forum hosted by PIA at New Roxan Hotel, NCIP-9 Regional Director Abdul B. Puengan said, the grantees were children of Indigenous People's (IPs) who cannot afford to send their children to...

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