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DATU ODIN SINSUAT—U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney and municipal officials have launched the Awang Trading Center, built here under the third phase of USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao Program, or GEM-3. Ambassador Kenney, who was accompanied by...
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This vendor (inset) doesn’t need to convince buyers of the freshness of her fish at the boat landing and passenger terminal in Poblacion Tunggol, Datu Montawal, Maguindanao. The facility, constructed by the USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM)...
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A new concrete-and-steel hanging bridge (left) built in Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City, has replaced the decaying wooden walkway (right) which was the only access point for local residents who needed to cross the Tumaga River. The facility, constructed b...
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Student Sharisma Ajing tries out the multimedia equipment acquired for the Subah Elementary School by its parent-teacher community association (PTCA), as school principal Linda Tacata and PTCA members proudly look on. More than 600 schools across conflict...
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HADJI PANGLIMA TAHIL, SULU—“Reading takes you anywhere” is painted in large letters on the wall of a tiny school in this municipality, which, in most eyes, would appear to be smack in the middle of nowhere. Hadji Panglima Tahil consists of a small i...
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Students at the Subah Elementary School in Hadji Panglima Tahil, a remote island-municipality in Sulu, eagerly leaf through fully illustrated math and science books. The school’s parent-teacher community association (PTCA) acquired the books by raising ...
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Young people of the Batumanga Seaweed Growers Association and the Salisit Multi-purpose Cooperative, both composed of MNLF former combatants and their families, spend part of their weekend helping pack abalone juveniles or “spats” into sawed-off PVC p...
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Students of Lamitan National High School in Basilan surf the Internet, send e-mail, and chat with friends and relatives overseas using the computers and internet connection provided by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Through its Co...
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DAVAO CITY—A leading purveyor of fresh fruits and vegetables recently established a consolidation center here to ensure a steady supply of produce from Mindanao for major supermarkets in Metro Manila. The new consolidation center of Agri Nurture Inc. (A...
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Students of the high school department of Darussalam College in Campo Muslim, Cotabato City, make use of new equipment acquired for the school laboratory by their Parent-Teacher-Community Association (PTCA) with the assistance of USAID's Growth with Equit...
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Paul Jones, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, and Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali (both in center) initiate the Tawi-Tawi bridge-road project with: (l-r) Bongao Mayor Albert Que; Undersecretary Nabil Tan of the Office of the Presidential Advi...
