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EMDAP Adviser Jennifer Dempsey on assignment in Bolivia leading a directors' meeting. Click for full-size version.
Adviser Tucker Nielson leads a discussion at a local loan office in Nicaragua. Click for full-size version. Two EMDAP Advisers in Jordan have assisted in the development of the international port of Aqaba. The goal is to increase the utilization of Aqaba's ports through the capture of more tourism, trans-shipment, and logistical enterprises to the aqaba Special Economic Zone. Click for full-size version. EMDAP Adviser Chris Ray worked with the Asociación para la Promoción del Sanamiento (Association for the Promotion of Sanitation). Here he is leading a discussion in the rain forest of Panama. Click for full-size version.
One EMDAP Adviser in Latin America on field assignment training regional staff. Click for full-size version Ecomaya is a small marketing firm located in Petén, Guatemala near Tikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ecomaya is owned by community businesses that provide tourism services and products. EMDAP Adviser Jennifer Straghalis assisted Ecomaya's owners to capitalize the firm through the issuance and sale of shares in the Guatemalan market. By the end of her assignment Ecomaya was serving as the marketing body for approximately 17 micro- and small-tourism enterprises. Click for full-size version. A traditional nut storage warehouse in the Goris Village of Armenia, a client of one EMDAP Adviser's small agribusiness support project. Click for full-size version.
Tea break under a yurt on the way to Keremet Kol, a microfinance NGO, on Lake Issyk Kol in Kyrgyzstan for a loan officer training. EMDAP Adviser, Sherry Sposeep (left) and her colleagues. Click for full-size version.Noravank Monastery in Vayots Dzor, Armenia. The countryside is dotted with many ancient and beautiful churches and monasteries. Click for full-size version. Several EMDAP Advisers have worked with ProMujer, a microfinance institution across Latin America. ProMujer Mexico (PMM) was selected as one of the microfinance institutions to be highlighted in a documentary on microfinance. Señora Angela, a long time client of PMM, was interviewed to discuss how the micro loan and other services offered by PMM have impacted her life, family and community. Here, she is shown making tlacoyos, a delicious local flat bread, with the assistance of her daughters. Click for full-size version.
EMDAP Adviser Rachel Fedawa speaking at the Jordan-United States Business Partnership (JUSBP) conference in 2004. JUSBP, a USAID funded project, helps Jordanian women-owned business maximize their competitiveness. Click for full-size version. One Adviser's client in Vietnam working on rice noodle production. Click for full-size version. EMDAP Adviser John Terlough worked for the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature. The RSCN is a prominent EMDAP host organization in Amman, Jordan. Click for full-size version.
Among EMDAP Adviser Patrick Ball's clients are a stone processing business and a local wood products manufacturer. Here the Adviser visits a local stonecutter in Yerevan, Armenia. Click for full-size version. EMDAP Adviser Jenny Dempsey worked with women micro-entrepreneurs in Sucre, Bolivia, like this weaver. Click for full-size version. This 'Jordan-United States Business Partnership' workshop, first in a series, covered topics targeted towards the enhancement and advancement of small- and medium- sized enterprises. EMDAP Adviser Robyn Harris in Jordan played an important role in the workshop. Click for full-size version.
 

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