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To bring out best practices in local government units (LGU) in Cebu through comprehensive measurement and high-quality standards, the Cebu Provincial Government and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) launched the elevated version of the Our Cebu Program 2.0 last July 30, 2018.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Department of Science and Technology (Phivolcs-DOST) launched the Metro Cebu Earthquake Model Atlas last July 4, 2018.

Officers and staff of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Office 7 underwent a Synergy Program at the Kool Adventure Camp of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI-KAC) Education Center in Cansomoroy, Balamban on July 26 to 27, 2018.

In support of ongoing efforts to promote wellness, the Governance and Linkages Unit of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI-G&L) recently hosted the Understanding Choices Forum: Mainstreaming Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace and in the Community.

Before the nice pictures and fanfare that accompanied the recent ceremonial turnovers of new school buildings and classrooms in Santa Fe, Bantayan, the abridged back stories of these infrastructure projects — stories similarly shared in about 80 other school sites all around Cebu, often overshadowed by the ribbon cuttings and marker unveilings — have to be told.

Local government units may be familiar with creating a vision but achieving this proves to be much more difficult. For eight local government units (LGUs) under the seventh congressional district of Cebu, coming together and determining an appropriate strategy to achieve a shared vision for the district was a first.