Success Stories

Angola – Angolan Widow Taps New Riches
Angola – Traditional Chief Reaping Dollar Harvests in Cabinda
Armenia – Volunteer Shares Expertise in Plastic Greenhouse Construction and Management
Armenia – Volunteer Helps Armenian Dairy Increase Revenue and Penetrate Russian Market
Azerbaijan – ACDI/VOCA Helps to Attract Investments to Azerbaijan’s Microfinance Sector
Azerbaijan – Former Scientist Launches Successful Apiary Business with Guidance from FtF Volunteers
Azerbaijan – IDP Community in Azerbaijan Learns New Skill Set and Launches Successful Business
Azerbaijan – Poultry Feed Company Initiates Sector-Wide Growth in Ganja
Azerbaijan – Strawberry Farming Increases Incomes in Azerbaijan
Bolivia – ACDI/VOCA Gives New Life to Rural Bolivian Kindergarten School
Bolivia – Red Gold in the Town of Villa Exaltaci�n
Bulgaria – ACDI/VOCA Builds International Trade
Cape Verde – Food Aid Program Promotes Sound Environmental Management
Colombia – Colombian Widow and Mother Rebuilds Life After Struggles, Becomes National Barista Champion
Colombia – Women Seize Opportunities in Specialty Coffee Market
Colombia – Beneficiaries of Specialty Coffee Program Triumph in 2006 Cup of Excellence�
Colombia – ACDI/VOCA Helps Coffee Growers Enter Specialty Coffee Market
Colombia – ACDI/VOCA Co-Sponsors 1st National Barista Championship of Colombia
Ecuador – ACDI/VOCA Conducts First-Ever Ecuadorian Cocoa Trainings in Indigenous Language
Ecuador – Ecuadorian Farmer Revitalizes Cocoa Farm through SUCCESS Alliance Trainings
Egypt – ACDI/VOCA Facilitates Trade with Egypt
Egypt – Grocery Store Rings Up Big Profits With MicroStart Assistance
Egypt – MicroStart Increases Access to Financial Services for Working Poor
Egypt – MicroStart Loan Helps Mother of Eight Launch Business
Egypt – Skilled MicroStart Beneficiary Starts Home Business with Loan
Egypt – Water Buffalo Producers Launch a New Association with ACDI/VOCA Help
Egypt – Widow Uses AERI Trainings to Better Provide for Her Family
Egypt – Widowed Mother Weaves Her Way to a Better Life with MicroStart Support
Ethiopia – A Value Chain Approach to Coffee Production: Linking Ethiopian Coffee Producers to International Markets (PDF, 304 KB)
Ethiopia – Farmer-to-Farmer Program Bolsters Cooperative Development
Georgia – Better Market Chains Give Georgians the AgVANTAGE (PDF, 355 KB)
Georgia – Bay Leaf Industry Re-establishment Starts in Samegrelo Region
Georgia – ACDI/VOCA Introduces High-Value Blueberries to Increase Smallholder Incomes
Georgia – Strengthened Fresh Herbs Value Chain Leads to Increased Exports
Georgia – Georgian President Commends Work of ACDI/VOCA’s AgVANTAGE Project
Georgia – Georgia Moves into the Premium Tea Market
Georgia – Georgian Wines to Be in U.S. Supermarkets Soon
Georgia – Volunteer Helps Grow Christmas Tree Industry
Global – AMAP BDS 2007 Activities
Haiti – Hurricane Recovery in the Cabbage Patch
Honduras – FINACOOP Speeds Agricultural Recovery After Devastating Hurricane
Indonesia – Calling all Chocolate Lovers! Building Trade Capacity
Iraq – USAID Marla Ruzicka War Victims Fund Helps One Family Rebuild their Lives
Kazakhstan – Community Action Investment Program (CAIP) Leads to Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Turkistan
Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Community Loan Fund Offers New Opportunities to Entrepreneurs
Kenya – A Private Warehouse Benefits a Kenyan Community
Kenya – Kenyan Brokers’ Association is Changing Impressions and Transforming Business Relations
Kenya – Kenya Maize Development Program Assists Kimitu Farmers' Association
Kenya – Kenya’s Road to Recovery
Kenya – Spinning Maize into Gold: ACDI/VOCA Strengthens the Maize Value Chain in Kenya (PDF, 553 KB)
Kenya – Volunteer James Thibeault Brings Marketing Expertise to Kenyan Handicrafts Group
Kyrgyzstan – Access to Credit Allows One Woman to Turn Her Life Around
Lebanon – Ain Arish Women Processing Cooperative Enters Global Markets
Lebanon – Born to Succeed
Lebanon – ACDI/VOCA Helps Herder Family Recover from Impact of Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict
Lebanon – ACDI/VOCA Provides Relief to Conflict-Affected Rural Herders
Liberia – SUCCESS Alliance Helps Liberian Farmer Protect His Trees, Plan Future
Malawi – Chilies: Hot Stuff! Building Trade Capacity
Malawi – Joka Smallholder Farmers’ Association
Malawi – Lilongwe East Smallholder Farmers’ Chapter
Malawi – Mchinji Smallholder Farmers’ Association
Malawi – Smallholder Famers in Malawi Benefit from Cooperative Development
Mali – A New Beginning for a Malian Mango Company
Mali – Creating ‘Sweet’ Success in Mali’s Mango Sector
Mozambique – Improved Apiary Practices in Mozambique Improve Quality, Increase Yields and Result in Greater Profits
Mozambique – Fruit Producers in Mozambique Benefit from Training and Technical Assistance
Mozambique – EMPRENDA Beira Corridor: Diversifying to Increase Wealth
Mozambique – EMPRENDA Beneficiary Gains Knowledge, Increase Income
Mozambique – Association Helps Smallholder Vegetable Farmer Boost Productivity and Increase Profits
Panama – Short-term Volunteer Assignment Leads to Long-term Commitment
Philippines – Environmental Monitoring Preserves Water Sources
Romania – ACDI/VOCA Volunteer Shares U.S. Baking Expertise
Russia – ACDI/VOCA Volunteer Helps Russian Farmer Innovate Swine Production
Russia – Increased Profits at Novy Edem Cheese Company
Russia – The Guild of Bakers of Leningrad Oblast
Russia – Volunteer Guides Bakery in Development of New Products
Russia – Volunteer Helps Food-Processing Enterprise to Develop New Products
Serbia – ACDI/VOCA Helps Boost Filip Filipovic Primary School Into the Modern Age
Serbia – Professional U.S. Football Coaches Teach Fundamentals to Young Players
South Africa – CEBI Loan Helps a Launch the Dreams of One Woman
Sudan – A Contagious Charm from American Friends
Tajikistan – CAMFA-Supported Microfinance Institution Changes Rural Clients’ Lives
Tajikistan & Uzbekistan – Intensive Microfinance Training Successful For Ferghana Valley MFIs
Tajikistan – ACDI/VOCA’s MicroInvest Receives EBRD Loan
Tanzania – A Bountiful Harvest from the Sea: Seaweed Farming Brings One Woman a World of Benefits
Tanzania – Seaweed Sales Help Tanzanian Man to Rebuild Home, Send Children to School
Tanzania – Seaweed Farming Enables Woman to Better Provide for Her Family
Uganda – ACDI/VOCA Helps to Dramatically Increase Cassava Production after Devastating Blow from Crop Disease
Uganda – ACDI/VOCA Promotes Sound Environmental Stewardship
Uganda – ACDI/VOCA Helps Veterans Rejoin Their Communities
Uganda – Emphasis on Improved Nutrition Helps Woman Reclaim Her Life
Uganda – Female Farmers Gain Knowledge, Respect in Uganda
Uganda – Farmer Training Increases Productivity & Income in Uganda
Uganda – Formerly Overwhelmed by Poverty, Ugandan Refugee Farmer Group Now Overwhelmed by Success
Uganda – Farmers' Group Creates Opportunity for Success
Uganda – Food Gives New Life in Uganda
Uganda – Global Food for Education Initiative Impact
Uganda – Potato Farmers Fight Poverty in Uganda
Ukraine – Vinnytsya Associations Bolster Farmer Incomes
Uzbekistan – MFI Daulet Receives Assistance from CAMFA
Vietnam – Female Facilitator is Successful Training Facilitator, Successful Single Mother
Vietnam – Family Expects Income to Triple with First Cocoa Harvest
Vietnam – After a Lifetime of Hardship, a Woman Finds Sweet Rewards in Cocoa
Vietnam – Smallholder Cocoa Farmer Increases Income with SUCCESS Alliance
West Bank & Gaza – ACDI/VOCA Helps Gaza Farmers Earn EurepGAP Certification
West Bank & Gaza – Feed Subsidy Program and Drought Mitigation Activities Improve Circumstances

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