Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney, Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat, and Representative Beng Climaco, former Vice Mayor of Zamboanga, stand in front of the Zamboanga City Hall following a ceremony adopting the Ambassador as a "Hija de Zamboanga," or daughter of the city. The U.S. Embassy supports myriad development projects in Zamboanga and Mindanao, focusing on education and job skills training, small business development, improved healthcare, agricultural sustainability, poverty alleviation, and counter-terrorism.