UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anni E. Murao signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on behalf of UP Mindanao with the New Zealand Embassy for the Girls Football Development Project at the Panaghisgot 2023 conference on 25 November 2023 in Davao City. Her co-signatories to the MOA are Bukas Palad (Davao) Foundation, Inc. Agency Head Ms. Maria Jusette Bonite, SOS Children's Village-Davao Director Mr. Leonilo N. Rivero, and Tambayan Center for Children's Rights, Inc. Executive Director Ms. Luz Divina C. Anung, as represented by Coach Charlyn Nadong. 

Following the signing, the project officially kicked off its Sports for Development (S4D) Girls Football Festival the next day, on 26 November 2023, at the UP Mindanao Admin Field, where the teams from the partner organizations engaged in a friendly match.

Four faculty members of the Davao Doctors College Psychology Department also conducted short lectures on sports psychology for coaches.