Today, Senior Deputy Assistant to Administrator of USAID’s Europe and Eurasia Bureau, Margot Ellis, visited the Mirësia Wheelchair Factory and with wheelchair users who benefited from the factory’s work. USAID funds ARDF’s wheelchair service which is offered to the wheelchair users among the estimated 7,000 Albanians with mobility needs.
USAID and local solutions partner, AAC Lushnja, in collaboration with Konispol Municipality organized last weekend the Mandarin Festival in Xarre, Mursi. The Minister of Energy and Industry, Mr. Damian Gjiknuri, Parliament Deputies, Konispol, Sarande and Delvine Mayors, Vlore and Saranda Regional Directorates of Agriculture, extension agents, citrus growers, consolidators and exporters participated in the event.
FSVC Chairman Bill Donaldson and FSVC CEO and President Andy Spindler present the “Volunteer of the Year Award” to volunteer experts Amanda Hiller and Nonie Manion.
On Monday, USAID and AAC-Lushnja were in Cukalat, Berat with olive growers, school students and local government representative, at a special activity to showcase the use of good practices in harvesting, transporting and processing of olive oil. Everyone also has a lesson from Albania Olive Oil Taste Panel on how to discern high quality extra virgin olive oil. Thank you to "Bujar" olive oil factory for hosting this special event!
USAID signed a follow on award with UNDP to continue Support for Territorial Administrative Reform, a multi-donor funded project to enhance efficiency and quality of local public services to the citizens, to increase financial efficiency and resources for the local government units, improve the mechanisms of representative democracy, and strengthen the instruments of direct democracy, and to operationalize TAR.
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