675 marginalized Moro school children receive bags and rice rationsThe pupils of the Islamic schools who received school bags on Dec. 21, 2025 are from underprivileged Moro families in agricultural enclaves in the Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area in Cotabato province. COTABATO CITY — A large group of Moro children from low-income families in two towns received school bags on Sunday, December 21, from the Office of the Vice President. The distribution was facilitated through a public service team led by a member of the 80-seat Bangsamoro Parliament. Islamic missionaries in the two towns also actively support joint peacebuilding initiatives led by local government units, BARMM agencies, and traditional Moro leaders, complementing the peace and development agenda under Malacañang’s separate agreements with the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Of the 675 school children who received school bags on Sunday, more than 40 are enrolled at Norul Guidid Al-Islamie Incorporated, an Islamic school in Barangay Pedtad, Old Kaabacan.

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2025 09:59 UTC