The Partnership for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages (PEARL) is assisting the nation of Rwanda in its efforts to rebuild after 1994 civil war and genocide. PEARL works with rural communities...

March 3, 2005—Paul Katzeff, founder and CEO of the California-based Thanksgiving Coffee Company, toured three PEARL coops this week after agreeing to purchase several containers of their coffee...

The staff of Project PEARL identified a feasible site for the construction of a new mini-station in Mugombwa district this weekend. They were aided in their search by the former rector of NUR ....

Tim Schilling, director of Project PEARL, visited Rusenyi this week with a small delegation in order to continue work on the new cooperative being formed there. The delegation included Simeon Ngendahayo, head of PEARL’s coffee program and president of the new cooperative;....

The newly appointed rector of the National University of Rwanda (NUR) visited the PEARL staff this week, accompanied by the dean of academic affairs and the dean of finance. The visit included an extended meeting with the PEARL staff, as well as a tour of COVEPAR. ....

Mr. James M. Anderson, the new mission director of USAID in Rwanda, visited the PEARL headquarters and several of the Project’s cooperatives on December 1, 2004....

David Weight, the U.S.-based project coordinator for PEARL project, traveled to Rwanda this November to assess the project’s progress. In his first visit to PEARL in six months, he found that the project had made inspiring progress towards its goals...

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