USAID Responds Immediately to Haitian School Collapse (Popularity:  )
In response to the tragic school collapse in Haiti, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) immediately dispatched a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). The team arrived on the scene within hours of the collapse in the town of Petionville, near the capital of Port-au-Prince.
Based upon the initial assessments, USAID activated its partner, the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team. The USAR team will be composed of ...
Category: Education
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From USAID Administrator, Henrietta H. Fore: Humanitarian Assistance to Cuba (Popularity: )
Cuba has suffered great damage from multiple hurricanes since the end of August. In response, the U.S. government has offered -- on four separate occasions -- to provide the Cuban people with up to $5 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to those in dire need. Some of this assistance will soon arrive through relief and humanitarian organizations on the ground. More is needed to help the Cuban people in the ...
Category: Politics & Government
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U.S. Provides Assistance for Flood Victims in Nepal and India (Popularity: )
On August 18, the Saptakoshi River broke through a retaining wall following heavy monsoon rains, resulting in floods in Sunsari District in southeastern Nepal and Bihar State in northeastern India. Flooding displaced up to 50,000 people in Nepal and affected 2.1 million people in India. In Nepal, the displaced populations took shelter in public buildings, unable to return to flooded areas until the embankment is repaired. Flood waters have blocked ...
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Greek Partnership Aims to Develop Balkan Region and Beyond (Popularity: )
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its Greek counterpart, Hellenic Aid, are working together to stimulate the economy in Southeast Europe through tourism. The two agencies have agreed to pool their resources to improve businesses, products and services that accommodate visitors as well as the infrastructure to support a growing economy, such as energy and sanitation systems. The partnership will encourage American and Greek business investment in the ...
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Online Photographic Competition Sees Changing World Through Young Eyes (Popularity: )
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An online photographic competition for young people aged 11-24 will give the winner a chance to win a trip to see their work exhibited in Quebec, Canada as part of the World Youth Congress on UN International Youth Day August 12.
The free entry Shoot Nations contest YOUNG PEOPLE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE opens May 1 until July 31. Entrants can submit up to three drawings or ...
Category: Arts
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USAID Invests $3 Million in Iraq's Aquaculture (Popularity: )
The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Inma agribusiness program in Iraq will soon have millions of carp fingerlings ready for delivery to hundreds of fish farms across central and southern portions of the country, thanks to joint efforts with the U.S. military, the State Department, and area Iraqi farmers. Inma is Arabic for "growth."
A $3 million agreement with USAID's Inma Agribusiness Program to purchase six million fingerlings ...
Category: Agriculture
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Sweet Onions Yield Sweet Profits for Bolivian Farmers (Popularity: )
More than 150 tons of sweet onions are giving some Bolivian farmers a $340,000 harvest. The recent bountiful shipment to Los Angeles marked a three-year U.S. Agency for International Development effort to make Bolivian onion growers international competitors.
The onions are cultivated more than 12,000 feet above sea level on land once considered unsuitable for traditional agriculture, says USAID's Jorge Calvo, the program's manager who views the high elevation as ...
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USAID Sends Emergency Assistance to Djibouti for Cholera (Popularity: )
The American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are providing $100,000 in emergency funding to the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) for medical supplies and to facilitate an intensive health, sanitation and hygiene campaign to prevent the further spread of diarrhea in Djibouti.
Since January 2007, limited access to safe drinking water and poor sanitation and hygiene conditions led to a surge in diarrhea and cholera in Djibouti, ...
Category: Politics & Government
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UNICEF Readies to Assist Mexican Flood Victims (Popularity: )
In what is being described as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country, officials with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Mexican Government estimate that one third of those affected by the recent floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco are children.
Of particular concern to UNICEF and the Mexican Ministry of Health is the high risk of water borne diseases such as ...
Category: Politics & Government
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USAID Hosts Iftaar Dinner (Popularity: )
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator, Henrietta Fore, hosted an Iftaar dinner last night at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Professor Ingrid Mattson, President of the Islamic Society of North America, was the featured guest.
"This is a sacred time for people of the Islamic faith. It is a time of fasting, prayers, worship and contemplation; and it is a time to strengthen family and ...
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