Working under contract to the
U.S. Agency for Inter-national Development and other foreign aid donors,
Chemonics designs and implements development projects in many of the world’s
developing coun-tries. Integrating a range of consulting capabilities, we offer
solutions in financial services, private sector development, health,
envi-ronmental management, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, democracy and
governance, and agri-culture. Through our work, we promote meaningful change by
helping people live healthier, more pro-ductive, and more indepen-dent lives.
In honor of its 35th anniversary, Chemonics reached out to staff and partners worldwide to reflect on 35 years in the service of development and celebrate with those who have helped make the company what it is today.
Although numerous students in Moldova graduate each year with information technology (IT) degrees, companies there struggle to find qualified candidates. The programs are filled with theoretical courses that give students an abstract base, but leave them without the practical skills to find top jobs. A USAID project helped reshape two courses by encouraging a partnership between the business community and academia.
The decade-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal killed thousands, displaced more than 400,000 people, and destroyed more than $1.5 billion in infrastructure. Progress toward peace has been slow; a peaceful democratic future for the country requires active citizen participation. Live radio has emerged as an effective forum for engaging youth, encouraging discussion of public issues, and diffusing tensions among religious and ethnic communities.
Although the long years of war are over and the last rebels have put down their arms, torture still exists in Burundi. A USAID project has raised awareness of torture throughout the country and provided healing and legal services to its victims.
A group of Panamanian rescue workers apply the skills they gained through a Chemonics-implemented project to saving lives after the Haiti earthquake. One of the first teams on the ground, the group of firefighters and members of Panama’s Public Forces National Civil Defense Agency pulled 16 people from the rubble.
A switch to foot-treadle spinning wheels — simple devices that date back seven centuries — allows a wool spinning company in Kabul to increase productivity. As a result, the company is able to hire more spinners —mostly women — and improve their working conditions.
