This week I’m attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and I’m looking forward to joining a broad and historic international body to discuss the wide spectrum of global issues we face today. My week at UNGA began with a meeting about a topic of immediate urgency – relief and recovery efforts for [...]
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Tragedy and Hope in Kalam
Submitted by Richard Zack Taylor Bhan, Pakistan: As the eldest of five siblings with a father working overseas, 10-year-old Olfata had a lot of responsibility helping to look after her four younger brothers and sisters, while lending a hand on her extended family’s potato farm and apple orchard in mountainous north of the country. One [...]
‘The First Step to Rebuilding Our Lives’ USAID supports shelter for displaced Swat families
Submitted by Zack Taylor Girlagan, Pakistan: Nadeem is a fairly typical Pakistani boy. His family is among about 200 that live in the village of Girlagan on the banks of the Swat River, not far from the once-famous tourist destination of Bahrain in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Nadeem and his four brothers and three [...]
Pic of the Week
USAID continues to deliver aid to those impacted by the floods. To date, USAID/FFP has provided $51.5 million in direct support of World Food Programme’s monthly food ration distributions and to an NGO to support food voucher distribution. People in the United States who wish to contribute to the effort are asked to text the [...]
USAID In the News — August 21 – 27
Dr. Shah’s trip to flood-ravage Pakistan received extensive coverage in regional and international media, helping to show that United States is in the forefront of the international effort to help the people of Pakistan in their hour of need. CNN aired a detailed piece with compelling scenes of the devastation, as well as Dr. Shah’s message of the [...]
Our Commitment to the People of Pakistan
As I stood on the tarmac in Islamabad yesterday, waiting for the U.S. Air Force Reserve aircraft that would take me to the flood-ravaged southern part of Pakistan, I saw a large group of Pakistani men loading up boxes marked with the USAID brand mark into a local “jingle” truck. I walked over to the [...]
Flying Over Swat Showed me the True Scope of the Disaster
Shortly after arriving in Pakistan on Tuesday, I met with retired General Nadeem Ahmed, the chairman of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority. As the general took me up in a military helicopter to inspect the once-beautiful but ravaged Swat valley, we spoke openly and candidly about the true extent of the damage wrought by the floodwaters.
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 [...]
Video: USAID Pakistan Flood Assistance
As USAID marks World Humanitarian Day, we continue around-the-clock efforts to support Pakistanis affected by the epic flooding in the country’s south and west. The scale of the disaster remains astounding, with millions already displaced. USAID-supplied plastic sheeting, enough to provide shelter for 7,800 families, has just arrived. Each of these families will also receive an emergency [...]
USAID In the News – August 8-13
USAID’s assistance to the victims of massive flooding in Pakistan received continuing coverage with stories by NPR’s All Things Considered and Christian Science Monitor. USAID Administrator Shah’s remarks appeared in a Reuters story on the larger effects of the disaster on August 8th and acting OFDA Director Mark Ward provided additional information at the State [...]
