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• All Geared Up

  Twenty students from Iligan City East High School in Sta. Felomina, Iligan City, hold up school supplies acquired with the help of their Parent-Teacher Association and USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, through  GEM’s Investme...

• Mindanao Students Get Financial Support to Study Mining, Engineering, Other Disciplines in High Demand

  PUERTO PRINCESA—Fifteen students from conflict-affected areas of Mindanao are being provided with financial support to enable them to complete college degrees in mining engineering.The groups includes two women who, once they pass the licensure examinat...

• All Geared Up

  Twenty students from Iligan City East High School in Sta. Felomina, Iligan City, hold up school supplies acquired with the help of their Parent-Teacher Association and USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, through  GEM’s Investments...

• Mindanao Students Get Financial Support to Study Mining Engineering,Other Disciplines in High Demand

  PUERTO PRINCESA—Fifteen students from conflict-affected areas of Mindanao are being provided with financial support to enable them to complete college degrees in mining engineering.   The groups includes two women who, once they pass the licensure ex...

• Siocon Goes Greener

  Residents of Brgy. Tabayo in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, listen as an instructor explains the importance of good agricultural practices during vegetable production training conducted by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. The Tabayo...

• First Mindanao-Wide Forum on Mariculture to be Held in CDO

  CAGAYAN DE ORO—To meet the growing consumer demand for live food fish, more international seafood buyers are turning to mariculture farms for a sustainable supply of popular marine species like grouper.   And this, industry analysts say, spells oppor...

• Eager Learners

  Students of Banisil Elementary School in Tambler, General Santos City, sharpen their reading skills using science reference materials provided through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under its Education Matching Grant Project (EM...

• Connecting Cyber Dots

  Third-year students at the Notre Dame of Parang High School, in Maguindanao Province, can now access the wealth of education resources available online using computers and wireless broadband internet access provided by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mind...

• Linking Mindanao’s Bounty to Markets

  The dilapidated bridge (inset) which used to cross the Mangilala River in Barangay Bual, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, was replaced recently by a concrete slab bridge (main photo) built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in partnership ...

• Basilan’s Aqua-Entrepreneurs

  Ombra Abdulaup, chairman of the Basilan Aquamarine Multi-Purpose Cooperative, shows off a 600-gram tiger grouper grown at the cooperative’s fish pens in the coastal waters off of Isabela City, Basilan. Cooperative members include former Moro National ...

• Lake Sebu's Green Army

  Members of the Central Mindanao Vegetable Industry Development Council (CEMVIDEC) display their harvest of sweet pepper, grown near Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, through its Targeted Commodity Expansion...

• Land Link in Sultan Kudarat

  Crossing the Sampao River over the old plank bridge (left) in Barangay Sampao, Sultan Kudarat, used to be an ordeal for residents looking for access to markets and services in Isulan town. Now, with the help of a stable 18.5-meter concrete footbridge (r...