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  • Support for Sustainable Fish Exports

    Workers of Zampen Marine Aqua Venture check on grouper fingerlings stocked in floating fish cages in Baliangao, Misamis Oriental. Under its Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Effort (SAFE), USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program provid...
  • Lanao PTA Makes A Difference

    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...
  • No More Bumps, No More Mud

    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this flood-prone tributary of the Matuber River over a deteriorated pipe culvert (left photo), now that the culvert has been replaced by the K...
  • Headed for Distant Markets

    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...
  • Smooth Curve Ahead

    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) ...
  • Congressional Internships for Young Mindanaoans

    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...
  • Young Mindanao Leaders Complete USAID-funded Internship in Congress

    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...
  • Maguindanao Pomelos Head for the Capital

    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...
  • U.S. Ambassador Addresses Congressional Interns

    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...
  • Young Mindanao Leaders at Congress

    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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