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Students at Cadayonan Elementary School in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, proudly display reference materials acquired by their parents for the school through the Education Matching Grant Project implemented by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Pr...
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Farmers, workers and other residents in North Upi, Maguindanao, no longer have to endure a rattling ride across this flood-prone tributary of the Matuber River over a deteriorated pipe culvert (left photo), now that the culvert has been replaced by the K...
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Vegetable growers in Lantapan, Bukidnon Province, prepare semi-temperate vegetables for a major supermarket concessionaire, under a marketing agreement facilitated by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. This group of growers is an aff...
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This Barangay Bridge in Sitio Manga, in Salug, Zamboanga del Norte, helps ensure safer and more efficient travel for local farmers, traders and commuters across the Canawa Creek in Barangay Bacong. Built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) ...
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U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. and Speaker of the House Feliciano Belmonte Sr. presented a certificate to Fatma Sali of Zamboanga City, who along with 23 others recently completed a four-month internship at the House of Representatives under the aeg...
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QUEZON CITY—U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives, Feliciano Belmonte Jr, and members of Congress participated recently in the completion ceremony for the Congressional Internship Program for Young Mindanao Leaders...
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Hadji Datu Ali Midtimbang (right) and a fellow member of the 45-strong Maguindanao Fruit Growers Cooperative see off a 2,000-kilo shipment of Magallanes variety pomelos bound for Uysipuo & Banco Marketing (UBM), a major distributor based in Parañaqu...
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Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. (at podium) spoke at the completion ceremony for the Congressional Internship Program for Young Mindanao Leaders (CIPYML), which was held at the Philippines’ House of Representatives on December 7, 2010. CIPYML, a partner...
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U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. and Feliciano Belmonte Sr., Speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR), participated in the completion ceremony for the Congressional Internship Program for Young Mindanao Leaders (CIPYML) on December 7, 2010. With ...
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Thursday is usually the market day, or tabo, in Barangay Poblacion, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay. But after USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program built the Titay Trading Center in partnership with the municipal government, some of the 100 tr...
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Hatib Unong Baluh (left), chairman of the Bongao MNLF Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and his grandson proudly show off hybrid tilapia cultured by the group in Brgy. Karongdong, Bongao,Tawi-Tawi. The cooperative members, who are former Moro National Liberatio...
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Students of Marawi State University’s High School Department work on research assignments using computers provided by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in partnership with the school’s parent-teacher association (PTA). Through it...
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Calixto Tapuyao, who was assisted by USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in diversifying his farm production to include higher-value vegetables, checks on a crop of red onion in Barangay Polonuling in Tupi, South Cotabato. At peak seasons...
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An unsafe bamboo footbridge with a crumbling causeway (left) once provided the primary pedestrian access between the Tausug community of Purok Paglaum, Barangay Poblacion, and the town center of Pitogo in Zamboanga del Sur. It was replaced recently with ...
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CAGAYAN DE ORO—More Mindanao food firms, including fruit and seafood processors, are working to qualify for HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certification, knowing that this will open doors for them in the international food trade.“T...
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Assistant Secretary Edilberto de Luna (left) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) re-affirms the national government’s support for the development of Mindanao’s fruit industry at the 7th Mindanao Fruit Industry Conference held in Tagum City, Davao d...
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Secretary Lualhati Antonino (left), Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), and Gloria Steele, Mission Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), sign an amendment to the Mindanao Peace and Development (MPAD) as...
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ESPERANZA, AGUSAN DEL SUR— A strategically located boat landing built with U.S. government assistance is transforming the once isolated riverine community of Brgy. Hawilian into a bustling center of commerce.The Hawilian Boat Landing, one of more than 7...
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Residents of Brgy. Hawilian, in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, are enjoying increased trade with the help of this modern boat landing built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Constructed under GEM’s Barangay Infrastructure Project (...
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U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett, and Gloria Steele, Mission Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development/Philippines, present Jonathan Godoy (right), Vice President of BG Fruits and Nuts Manufacturing Corporation, and Charisse Go...
