USAID will mark its 50th anniversary in November and as part of the commemoration USAID’s news publication FrontLines will dedicate its next photo contest to a celebration of the Agency’s history.
- School children in Anton, Province of Cocle’ Panama dash to their classrooms in the newly inaugurated school. Photo Credit: USAID
FrontLines is looking for photos that illustrate USAID’s development activities and the people who carried them out over the decades.
The contest is open to any FrontLines reader, including USAID employees and alumni; employees of NGOs and contractors; and representatives from universities, foundations and other organizations that have partnered with the Agency over the decades.
The deadline for photos is Aug. 15. More information and guidelines for submission available in Frontlines. The above photo is from Panama. The date is unknown.
Dear USAID and American people
I am proud of and salute your achievements for taking every where in the world this huge global aids agency for the 50-years without fatigue. I firs heard about USAID since I was small boy at the age of 6 years–then, leaving in my home town Kigoma, Tanzania. It is of great interest to me that I later became one of the beneficiaries of its vast academic scholarships.Once again, I congratulate you all for making this initiative a realistic, reliable and of human face across the world for the past 50 years. Hongereni sana!!
As countries develop and need less assistance, USAID shrinks and ultimately closes its resident missions. Since USAID’s founding in 1961, it has closed its missions in a number of countries that had achieved a substantial level of prosperity, including South Korea, Turkey, Tunisia, and Costa Rica.