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Through partners of USAID’s Limited Excess Property Program, excess computer equipment is used to provide training to local students in both El Salvador and Nicaragua. Under the LEPP program, private voluntary organizations, such as Food for the Poor, receive excess government property for use in their overseas programs. This property serves to build the capacity and the speed and efficiency of local in-country partners, including schools, hospitals and training facilities.

On May 16-17, 2011, staff of the Association for Persons with Disabilities (APDT), a local NGO in Tsalenjikha-Georgia and a recipient of DGP funding, participated in a Knowledge Management workshop to strengthen their organizational capacity. Prior to design of the workshop, a Needs Assessment had revealed that APDT had heard about Knowledge Management and was open to practicing it. ADPT wished to train one of their own staff in knowledge Management to build the Knowledge Management capacity of other NGOs and interested organizations.

The Macedonian Artisan Trade Association (MATA), a DGP recipient, supports opportunities for women, the younger generation who have little means of earning income, and skilled professionals, by developing and marketing their products. MATA assists creative micro businesses with blending all necessary elements to create new products which meet contemporary market needs. Specifically, MATA provides product development, marketing readiness training, designer mentoring, and computer design, preparing artisans for today’s business environment.

Global Team for Local Initiative (GTLI) is implementing a Development Grants Program-funded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene project for the threatened Hamar tribe in southwestern Ethiopia. GTLI is working to provide clean water within a reasonable walking distance for 3,000 people, deliver community-based hygiene education and training for the purpose of disease prevention, and provide simple and easily maintained water and sanitation facilities.

Humana People to People India’s Development Grants Program-funded “Community Development with Solar Illumination” project promotes the development and utilization of renewable energy via solar devices and services.  The project provides quality illumination based on solar energy to rural households in 100 villages for 30-35,000 people.  Better illumination facilitates the education of children and provides a smoke-free indoor home environment for work done after dark.   Through the installation of solar panels and provision of 60 lanterns in each of 100