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  • Young Multimedia Artists

    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...
  • Hive of Economic Activity in Zambo del Sur

    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...
  • The Art of the Deal at Minfruit Meet

    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...
  • U.S. Support to North Cotabato’s Dev’t

    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 ...
  • South Korea Market Ripe for Mindanao Fruits, Aquaculture Products

    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 ...
  • Infrastructure Boost for North Cotabato

    Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Jesus Dureza (4th from left), with U.S. Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Leslie A. Bassett (3rd from left), USAID Acting Mission Director Elzadia Washington (2nd from left) and USAID Economic Growth Advisor R...
  • Bridge to the Future

    On April 8, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Leslie A. Bassett (2nd from right) led the inauguration of the Sinawingan Bridge in Lubungan, North Cotabato, with (right to left) USAID Acting Mission Director Elzadia Washington, USAID Economic Growth Adv...
  • Year-Round Stability

    The new 48-meter suspension footbridge (right photo), a Barangay Infrastructure Project (BIP) constructed by USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, ensures that approximately 2,900 residents of the barangays of Cadayunan,Tambo, Pantao, Pa...
  • Breaking Down Digital Barriers

    Students of Banisil National High School in General Santos City explore the World Wide Web using computers provided through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Banisil NHS is one of more than 920 schools in Mindanao’s conflict-affe...
  • Mindanao Gold and Jade

    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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