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A worker inspects newly harvested honeydew melons of the “Ilocos Gold” and “Jade” varieties before they are shipped from a farm in Cotabato City to markets in Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro. The melons were grown by a member of the Maguindanao F...
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Students of Batomelong Elementary School in Batomelong, General Santos City, share a light moment during their summer reading class. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao, through its Education Matching Grant Project, matched the funds raised by the ...
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This concrete boat landing in Sitio Balogo, in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, has helped improve water transport and encouraged economic activity in this section of the Liguasan Marsh. The Balogo Boat Landing benefits approximately 1,400 residents of Baranga...
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The four chambers of commerce in Cotabato City present a plaque of appreciation to Bai Sandra Sema Basar (far right), vice president for external affairs and co-founder of the Muslim Chamber of Kutawato, following her keynote address at the 8th Cotabato C...
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Four chambers of commerce in Cotabato City, including the Chinese and Muslim chambers, presented recommendations aimed at strengthening the private sector and attracting investment to the city to Mayor-elect Japal Guiani, Jr., at the 8th Cotabato City B...
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Guianida Lumanggal (far left), manager of the Moro United Multi-purpose Cooperative, demonstrates to Engr. Melchor Ancla (far right), USAID project management specialist, how mangoes hot water treatment (HWT) equipment rids mangoes of pests. USAID’s Gro...
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Farmers of the Sultan Mastura Vegetable Growers Association in Maguindanao Province evaluate their cabbage crop, which was produced after the farmers were trained in vegetable clustering and quality improvement by USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao ...
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Students at Banisil Elementary School in Tambler, General Santos City, sharpen their reading and spelling skills using computer resources provided through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under its Education Awareness Support Effo...
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Members of the Sumbakil Multi-Purpose Cooperative, composed of former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants, show off the harvest of eggplant grown at their farm in Tupi, South Cotabato. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program,...
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Students from the Notre Dame Village Elementary School in Cotabato City have fun with science reference books included in a package of laboratory equipment acquired for them by their parent-teacher association (PTA), with the help of a matching grant fr...
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CAGAYAN DE ORO—Dried and processed fruit and other foods produced by Mindanao firms can find a niche in the increasingly affluent Taiwan market, particularly if they adopt its packaging, labeling and certification standards. This was among the findings...
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Former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants like Haigdir Elias (foreground, left) are leading peaceful and productive lives as aqua-entrepreneurs. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program introduced ex-fighters of the Campo Mus...
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A resident of this community of stilt houses in Tawi-Tawi crosses a cement footbridge built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program under its Barangay Infrastructure Project (BIP). The 45-meter footbridge benefits more than 5,500 resid...
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Students at Tictapul Elementary School in Zamboanga City learn the basics of word processing using computer resources provided by their parent-teacher association (PTA), in partnership with USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Through...
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Family members of former MNLF combatants belonging to the Bongao Enterprises MNLF Multi-Purpose Cooperative help their elders harvest tilapia grown in the coastal community of Brgy. Karungdong. This and similar co-ops in the island-province of Tawi-Tawi...
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Students of South 1A Central School in Tubod, Rosario Heights, Iligan City, take a break from designing a PowerPoint presentation in a multimedia lab established in their school through a partnership between USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM...
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This trading center in Purok Malipayon, Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur, is particularly lively on market day, or tabo, when residents and traders from neighboring barangays throng the facility, built through a partnership between the muni...
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More than 200 fruit growers, distributors, supermarket concessionaires, processors and exporters from across Mindanao—and from cities in the Visayas and Luzon—thronged to the 3rd Minfruit Market Encounter held recently in General Santos City. Datuma...
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U.S. Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Leslie A. Bassett (back, 3rd from left) and USAID Acting Mission Director Elzadia Washington (back, 3rd from right) are given a warm welcome by residents, as they lead the inauguration of the Sinawingan Bridge Project ...
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DAVAO CITY— South Korea, already one of Mindanao’s largest export markets for high-value fresh and processed fruit, offers still more opportunities for Mindanao producers eager to expand into global markets.
This was among the findings of a one-day ...
