By: Mark Feierstein, USAID Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean One of the hallmarks of the U.S. Government’s fresh approach to development in Haiti is making better use of innovative private sector ideas to solve tough development challenges. So when one third of Haiti’s bank branches were destroyed in the earthquake a year [...]
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2010: A Year in Review
With 2011 on the horizon, USAID looks at back at its accomplishments in 2010. Among them: Supported the game-changing CAPRISA study, which in July provided the first ever proof of concept that a vaginal microbicide could safely and effectively reduce the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV from men to vulnerable women. Science Magazine recently [...]
U.S. Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Submitted by: Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Responding to disasters is never easy, and the cholera outbreak in Haiti is no exception. The six-week-old outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 Haitians and infected 80,000 others. Sadly, this illness will likely continue to spread for many [...]
USAID Surpasses Private Sector Credit Milestone
USAID’s Development Credit Authority recently surpassed a $2 billion milestone of private sector credit mobilized in developing countries. USAID uses partial loan guarantees to encourage local banks to invest locally in sectors ranging from health to clean energy to infrastructure. The two billionth dollar was made available from a new partnership with two banks in [...]
USAID Provides Training to Masons in Haiti
One hundred and fifty newly trained masons successfully graduated a joint USAID/KATA and CEMEX program. The public-private partnership between USAID/KATA and CEMEX, a building materials company, provided training to young people living in poor neighborhoods on how to create quality masonry blocks. Of 150 graduates, 75 of them are people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Haitian Farmers Seeing Sprouts of Success
Submitted by Ben Edwards, USAID/Haiti Cherilien raised a potato into the sunlight for a gathering crowd of Haitian farmers and visitors to see. Cherilien explained that he normally produces 110 pounds of potatoes each year, but this year he produced 440 pounds. Cherilien disappeared into the group of farmers as another Haitian farmer, Marisette, chimed [...]
Cultural Festival in Haiti Kicks Off USAID’s New Development Projects and Promotes Civic Pride
Submitted by Ben Edwards, USAID/Haiti Funky beats and roaring laughter echoed through Cap Haitien’s town square as local dancers, poets, comedians, and musicians performed at the city’s cultural festival over the weekend. Thousands of Haitians attending the festival danced, sang and laughed as performances stretched into the wee hours of the morning. USAID cohosted the [...]
Substations enable full-time police presence in some camps in Haiti
Written by Steffani Fields, protection program manager for USAID Haiti On a recent hot and sunny day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a group of military personnel from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), staff with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Treasury went to Tabarre Isa camp armed with buckets of blue and white [...]
