(Infra)structuring Mindanao: the many infrastructure projects in Mindanao

USAid projects in Mindanao

One glaring reality in the island of Mindanao is that almost all over it, development projects by foreign donor organizations can be found.

One of these projects is the USAid-funded Growth with Equity in Mindanao or GEM.

To have an idea of how far and wide the reach of this project is, click here for Northern Mindanao, here for Western Mindanao and here for Central Mindanao.

On the other hand, here is the perspective of people's organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Mindanao.

Coal-fired power plants, a burning issue

In the Visayas and Mindanao, one of the current burning development-related issues is the insistence of the coal-fired power plant projects even as the people in the areas where they are being pushed are protesting.

For the many CSOs and communities in the Visayas and Mindanao, these projects damage the environment and people's health. Furthermore, these projects do not necessarily answer/solve the problem in the lack of generated power.

In the Visayas, the province of Cebu is where these projects are being pushed currently.

Click here and here to understand more about this issue and what the CSOs in the Visayas are doing about it.