The ARS supplies the necessary technical training and financing for women who wish to start small business enterprises. 

HOMANOUSH – 1997-1999: HOMANOUSH was an ARS affiliate enterprise, for the preparation and sale of dried fruit and various preserves and jams.

Millinery Workshops – 1997: Secured regular employment for 10 women in Gyumri.

“Steady Agronomy” Program – 2000 - 2004: Small agronomical businesses, involving 160 families. Program was implemented together with the AMCOR Organization.
 
Luxembourg-Hadassah-Armenia, Co-Sponsors –  From 2002 to the present: Realizing small business enterprises for 65 families.