On Dec. 8 and 9, 2009 I visited Muminobod district to conduct a case study on an MSDSP enterprise development project. See pictures here.

I, along with another MSDSP staff member, attended a village organization meeting the morning of Dec. 8. It was unrelated to the case study, but, since we were in the area, we felt it would be good to pay a visit. The meeting’s purpose was to identify the village’s development priorities. Villagers first spoke about the challenges they face, then a vote was taken to decide how some funding (which they had recently been offered by an international development organization) would be spent.

In order to complete the case study, MSDSP staff and I visited beneficiaries, local experts, and other for interviews. The Business Development Centre is the product of 3 years of MSDSP support and funding. It’s an interesting project, and seems, from my perspective, to have helped people become small business entrepreneurs successfully.