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These students at Poniente Elementary School in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte discover the beauty of music through the improvement of their school’s Multimedia Center and the establishment of a music room, complete with instruments, acquired through...
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DAVAO CITY--Mindanao-based food companies are headed for Japan to participate in one of the biggest international food exhibits in Asia, with Philippines-U.S. government support.Foodex Japan 2011, which will be held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, from March 1 ...
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Thirty members of the Tuyan Muslim Farmers and Fishers Association in Malapatan, Sarangani, who were trained by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program on fish culture and assisted in setting up their fish cages, reaped an initial harvest o...
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Previously, residents of Barangay Balintad in Munai, Lanao del Norte, had to pick their way carefully across the Liangan River on an unsafe makeshift footbridge (left) to reach the provincial road, about 80 meters away, that would connect them to th...
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CAGAYAN DE ORO—Mindanao food processing firms that adopt international food safety and quality safeguards will not only increase their competitiveness in both domestic and export markets, but will also contribute to the region’s economic development, ...
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(L to R) Sec. Luwalhati Antonino, Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA); Gregory Beck, USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia; Gloria D. Steele , USAID/Philippines Mission Director; and Department of Trade and Industry Assis...
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These students and their teacher used to have to wade across the Bo-e Creek (photo inset), in Kiamba, Sarangani Province, to get to their school. Following the construction of the Bo-e Barangay Bridge (main photo) they, along with farmers, traders and oth...
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Economic activity in Brgy. Mahanub, Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte, has increased, with the help of a trading center built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Previously, farmers and traders displayed their goods on makeshift stalls or...
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Gregory Beck, USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia, and Gloria D. Steele, USAID/Philippines Mission Director, tour the NorMinVeggies Vegetable Consolidation Center operated by the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association, Inc. in Cag...
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Farmers in conflict-affected Buldon, Maguindanao Province, are briefed on different varieties of ginger by an agriculture specialist of USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, which is implemented under the oversight of the Mindanao Develo...
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Farmers in Brgy. Damawato, Tulunan, North Cotabato, are now experiencing higher crop yields and better incomes with the help of this water control gate built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program under its Barangay Infrastructure Proje...
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Members of the Central Mindanao Vegetable Industry Development Council (CEMVIDEC) harvest sweet pepper in Brgy. Malaya, in Banga, South Cotabato. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, under its Targeted Commodity Expansion Project (TCEP)...
