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  2. Visayans - Wikipedia

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    The Visayans first encountered Western Civilization when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the island of Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521. [13] The Visayas became part of the Spanish colony of the Philippines and the history of the Visayans became intertwined with the history of the Philippines.

  3. Ballington Booth - Wikipedia

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    When the Booths left The Salvation Army they took with them many of the Army's officers and soldiers as well as many of the Army's wealthy American supporters. In fact, in the first year of the Volunteers of America's operation two-thirds of the Volunteer forces were former Salvationists. Many simply replaced the 'S' on their collars with the ...

  4. ACTION (U.S. government agency) - Wikipedia

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    ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the federal domestic volunteer agency". [1] It was formed July 1, 1971, [2] during President Richard Nixon's first term under the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number One, and Executive Order 11603, June 30, 1971, to provide centralized coordination and administration of Government-sponsored domestic and international volunteer ...

  5. Federal State of the Visayas - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish armed the Iloilo Voluntarios (Iloilo Volunteers), a battalion composed mainly of Ilonggos believing that they are loyal to the Spanish crown. However, Ilonggo revolutionaries, calling themselves the "Ejército Libertador" (Liberation Army), started a revolt gaining control of all of Panay within days, except for Iloilo , Jaro , La ...

  6. Volunteers of America - Wikipedia

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    Volunteers of America (VOA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that provides affordable housing and other assistance services primarily to low-income people throughout the United States. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia , the organization includes 32 affiliates and serves approximately 1.5 million people each year in 46 states ...

  7. Visayas - Wikipedia

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    There has even been backmigration to the island of Taiwan, as the historian Efren B. Isorena, through analysis of historical accounts and wind currents in the Pacific side of East and Southeast Asia, concluded that the Pisheye of Taiwan and the Bisaya of the Visayas islands in the Philippines, were closely related people as Visayans were ...

  8. AmeriCorps VISTA - Wikipedia

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    AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [1]

  9. William Henry Scott (historian) - Wikipedia

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    Through a series of failures by scholars to critically assess Marco's representation, the invented legend was adopted as actual history. [12] As a result of Scott's work, Kalantiaw is no longer a part of the standard history texts in the Philippines. [13] [14] Scott's first well known academic work is The Discovery of the Igorots. [15]