The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government's development finance institution, will host the OPIC Impact Awards recognizing excellence in development finance at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, July 7 at 4pm. The ceremony will highlight exceptional clients that have worked with OPIC to advance development impact in emerging markets.
 
WHO:

• OPIC President & CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Tom Donahue
• Members of Congress and senior administration officials

Award recipients: 

• American Wool and Cashmere, Inc. of Beltsville, Md., for establishing a delivery infrastructure so that wool produced by small herders in western Afghanistan could reach major export markets.
• Westrock Coffee Co. Inc., of Little Rock , Ark., for transforming Rwanda's coffee sector by investing in facilities, training, and sustainable farming and business practices, and by connecting farmers with international buyers. 
• Hamma Water Desalination, SpA, for building a water desalination facility that supplies clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of families in and around Algeria's capital city.
• Sambazon Inc. of San Clement, Calif., for creating an innovative, small business that supports sustainable processing and distribution of açaí berries from the rainforest in Brazil.
• Habitat for Humanity's MicroBuild I, LLC, of Americus, Ga., for providing lending to microfinance institutions which expands access to capital for low-income families in need of decent housing.
• Quantum ID Technologies Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., for developing handheld, cloud-based cargo tracking technology that has helped make air transport more affordable and efficient in some emerging markets.
• BMR Energy, LLC, for creating the largest private-sector renewable energy project in Jamaica, a 36-megawatt wind farm that will help Jamaica reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels.

WHEN: Thursday, July 7, 2016; 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 

WHERE: 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20062

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