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Demonstrating his commitment to improving agriculture in Haiti, on February 16, 2012, Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly toured local farmers’ associations to see first-hand the positive impact farmer training and new irrigation systems are having on Haitian farmers.
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In Central America, lobster divers are learning better and safer fishing methods that are protecting divers while conserving the species.
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In Peru, a buyer-led approach links buyers with proven demand to local suppliers, improving processing, and increasing rural incomes and creating employment.
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Successive citizen report card surveys are providing feedback to Ukrainian courts on gaps in service and are gauging citizen satisfaction over time. The USAID-funded project aims to improve public awareness and trust in the judiciary.
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Providing an upscale segment of the market with a healthier product is resulting in higher incomes for organic avocado growers, and organic certification is improving their living standard and helping them preserve the environment.
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Through its microfinance program in the Philippines, USAID and Chemonics have found a way for Filipino microentrepreneurs to make loan payments with text messaging, which can help lower transaction costs significantly.
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Organska Kontrola, the only certified company in the Balkans, is now one of only 30 organic certifiers around the world that are authorized to certify organic products from non-EU countries for export.
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In honor of World Population Day, the USAID-funded Smiling Sun network of 320 clinics received awards from the government of Bangladesh as one of the best nongovernmental organizations working in family planning.
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In October 2011, following the historic Arab Spring, human rights experts from local Libyan NGOs met to in Tripoli to discuss past human right abuses and the need for protection of human rights in a post-Qadhafi democracy.
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A USAID project is using mobile HIV testing units and peer educators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to connect HIV services to the people who need them. Sébastien Ngala, one of the project’s 45,000 clients, became a peer educator after his positive experience at the mobile unit.
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