Foreign troops launch 4 rehab projects in Leyte

CATBALOGAN CITY, Philippines – The Joint Task Force Pacific Partnership 2014, composed of military units from the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines, kicked off four rehabilitation projects in Tacloban City and Palo town in Leyte on Wednesday.

The troops will build a four-classroom building and science building at the San Fernando Elementary School, and will reconstruct the outpatient building of the Tacloban City Hospital.

In Palo town, they will build a science building at the Castilla Elementary School.

The civic action projects in Tacloban and Palo, both heavily devastated by Typhoon Yolanda last November, will be completed next month.