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Leading the Way in Enterprise Development

Posted by  on Saturday, November 24th 2012     
Svetkul Akmatova (center, in the traditional blue Kyrgyz jacket) and members of her organization, Altyn Kol Women's Handicraft Cooperative, busily prepare wool for their handmade carpets. Photo Credit: B. Jakypova, American Council for International Education

Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting U.S. small businesses, is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of women-owned and managed small businesses around the world. Read more >>

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Driving Economic & Social Change – Highlight Women Entrepreneurs in Peru

Posted by  on Wednesday, October 24th 2012     

Luzmila Huarancca Gutiérrez began making textiles at home in Ayacucho, a region located in the Andean Highlands. The quality of her work quickly attracted buyers from across Peru and abroad, and today she is a leader in the artisanal textile industry, managing a network of 800 artisans in Ayacucho.

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Equal Futures Partnership Advances Global Women’s Opportunities

Posted by  on Monday, September 24th 2012     

I am excited to have just returned from the kick-off of the Equal Futures Partnership to expand women’s opportunities around the world. The event was held in New York City and part of a number of events USAID is participating in during the United Nations General Assembly this week.

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Video of the Week: Reading in Peru

Posted by  on Friday, September 7th 2012     

According to experts, in the first grade children must learn how to read and understand what they read. In the second  grade, they must improve their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. With more fluency there is greater chance for children to understand what they have read. That’s why in countries that are are more advanced in education, there are set reading standards for children. In Latin America, children [...]

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Video: Peruvian Chocolate

Posted by  on Tuesday, August 14th 2012     

  A video for international youth week. This fun video about chocolate and cacao, the key alternative to coca in USAID’s alternative development program, was produced by a Cedro-supported youth network in the Peruvian jungle.   Cedro is a USAID Peru local grantee and a key civil society player in the fight against drugs.

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Indigenous Internship Program Trains Peru’s Young Adults

Posted by  on Monday, December 5th 2011     

Darwin Mori Barbaran was born one of 10 to a school teacher and a jewelry artisan deep in the Peruvian jungle. When he was a child, both of his parents died in tragic accidents.  He was forced to confront the grim realities of the hinterlands at a young age –the tough physical labor life there [...]

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