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Finding Hope Amid Flood Devastation

Submitted by: Naazlee Sardar, USAID Pakistan Senior Education Advisor. Naazlee spent three weeks in October monitoring USAID-supported relief activities in flood-affected areas across Pakistan. At the USAID distribution site at a flood relief camp in Sindh province, a young woman queuing up with her teenaged son to receive her food donation somehow stood out in [...]

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USAID In the News – August 14-19

USAID continues to work around the clock to provide assistance to flood-ravaged Pakistan.  Administrator Shah described the latest efforts to NPR while Mark Ward, acting director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, laid out the challenges in an interview with CNN.  Dr. Shah accompanied Secretary Clinton and Special Representative Holbrooke and to New York to urge [...]

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World Humanitarian Day: Response Coordinator Reflects on Progress Made in Haiti

Today is World Humanitarian Day, a day when we remember the millions of people experiencing conflict, natural disasters, sickness and extreme poverty. Watch a video featuring Response Coordinator Skip Waskin and learn about humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti.

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