The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), on July 27 turned over P9.7 million in education materials and hygiene kits to support teachers and out-of-school youth affected by the eruption of Mayon Volcano in the province of Albay.

This donation, provided through USAid's Opportunity 2.0 program, will benefit more than 1,700 learners enrolled in the Department of Education's (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS) and 100 teachers in 34 affected barangays in the cities of Legazpi and Tabaco and the municipalities of Malilipot, Sto. Domingo, Camalig, Daraga, and Guinobatan.

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