Information and news about the USAID Growth with Equity in Mindanao III (GEM 3) Project

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• Ex-MNLF Combatants Sign Supply Deal with Hatchery

  Najir Abdurajan, president of the Matarrang Community Organization (MCO), watches over a shipment of young abalone that he and the other 29 members of the MCO will be growing out in Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, under an agreement with the Tawi-Tawi Multi-S...

• Ex-MNLF Growers Sign Supply Deal with Multi-Species Hatchery

  BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI—Former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants in this coastal fishing village are channeling their skills and energy into a new undertaking: sustainable aquaculture production. Members of the Matarrang Community Organization...

• USAID-funded Students will be among First Muslim Women Mining Engineers in Philippines

  COTABATO CITY—Two Muslim women are among the fifteen students from conflict-affected areas of Mindanao being provided with financial support to enable them to complete college degrees in mining engineering, through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindan...

• U.S. Ambassador Visits USAID Infrastructure Project in Basilan

  U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr., joined by (l-r) USAID Mission Director Gloria D. Steele, Basilan Governor Jum Jainuddin-Akbar, USAID Economic Growth Advisor Robert Barnes, and Isabela Mayor Cherrylyn Santos-Akbar, watch as a pile driving machine is p...

• Mud-Free, Worry-Free

  Residents of Barangay Mabini, Surigao City, used to cross Tomogbong Creek on loose planks (left photo) balanced precariously on mud and stones, to get to the town center. Through a partnership between the city government and USAID’s Growth with Equity i...

• PTAs in Sulu Archipelago Prove to be Stellar Fundraisers for their Schools

  LAMITAN, BASILAN PROVINCE—Some parent-teacher associations in the Sulu Archipelago island-provinces, which are among the most remote and underdeveloped areas in the country, have emerged as top fundraisers for the improvement of education services in th...