U.S. Special Envoy Meets Muslim Congressional Interns

Farah Pandith (far left), U.S. State Department Special Representative to Muslim Communities, listens as Jamairah Macabanding (far right) describes the knowledge of national policy formulation she gained as a participant in the Congressional Internship Program for Young Muslim Leaders (CIPYML), a partnership project of the Philippines’ House of Representatives and USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. With them is USAID Economic Growth Advisor Robert Barnes. Special Representative Pandith also met at the American Chamber of Commerce office in Manila with young Mindanaoans participating in the Productive Internships in Dynamic Enterprises (PRIDE) project implemented by GEM in partnership with corporations. GEM