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BEIRUT: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Lebanon mission firector, Denise A. Herbol, attended the results ceremony for the “Profiling Expatriate Prospects for Local Development Partnership” project, a US Embassy statement said Friday. This $15,000 USAID project, implemented by Relief International in partnership with the Lebanese Emigration Research Center, is part of USAID’s $19.9 million “Municipal Capacity Building and Service Delivery” program. The project empowers Lebanese municipalities by creating a database of Lebanese living abroad who are interested in establishing economic partnerships with their home villages. Over 150 emigrants have already contributed or are willing to contribute to their villages’ economic development. Emigrants are from 15 villages surrounding the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and from villages in Akkar, Sidon, Jezzine, Rihane, and Jbeil. The project will continue to cover an additional 115 villages. – The Daily Star