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This boy from rural Senegal isn’t old enough to go to class yet, but he can still enjoy a healthy meal of daharine, a nutritious porridge of rice, chick peas, and peanut sauce, at a USAID-support Community Meals program based at the local school. Part of the Feed the Future initiative, USAID/Senegal’s unique Agro-Nutrition project provides meals from locally produced crops rich in micro-nutrients from to more than 230 of the most food-insecure districts in the country. Photo: USAID
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Aishan, pictured with her mom Narmina. Photo credit: Arunas Liubsys USAID Primary Health Care Strengthening Project
Aishan weighed only 1kg when she was born. Narmina’s delivery was a special case, requiring an emergency Cesarean section. Aishan was born premature and required critical care to help her breathe and intravenous feeding to support her growth. Thanks to the quick thinking of the skilled staff at the Azerbaijan Republican Perinatal Center, both mom and baby are healthy and thriving today.
USAID’s support to train the Center’s obstetricians, neonatologists, midwives, and nurses in routine delivery and newborn care and managing complications contributed to the successful outcome. USAID’s partnership with the Ministry of Health and Republican Perinatal Center already has helped save the lives of many babies, including Aishan.
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Ms. Le Thi Het (right) received a wheelchair from a USAID-funded project in Danang, Vietnam which enables her to get around. She is able to easily access a nearby community rehabilitation center supported by USAID where she has been able to strengthen her legs to operate a sewing machine and expand her business with her sister, Le Thi Thuong. Photo Credit: Richard Nyberg, USAID
Picture of the Week: Tanzania
Two Maasai women read the graduation ceremony agenda in Swahili in the Longido district of Tanzania. Photo Credit: Megan Johnson/USAID
In Tanzania, The Empowerment through Literacy Education Access Project (E-LEAP) helps adult Maasai women learn basic Swahili literacy skills, which allows them to have greater access to essential skills. Currently funded through our Education Sector, led by Tom LeBlanc, this program partners with Mwedo (Maasai women development organization) and began in 2007 with 150 Maasai women. Currently, E-LEAP has empowered over 2000 Maasai women. The program extends beyond basic Swahili literacy skills and trains the women in business skills, HIV education, and land rights.
Picture of the Week: A Social Pharmacy in Paraguay
A woman in Paraguay at a social pharmacy. Photo Credit: Laura Alvarez, USAID/Paraguay.
A woman in Carmen del Paraná, a small town in rural Paraguay works at a social pharmacy program at the local hospital. This program implemented by local health councils with technical assistance from USAID/Paraguay helps pharmacies keep prices for medicine affordable for low-income communities who do not normally have access to medical supplies and often cannot afford regular prices of basic medicines. Money for the pharmacies is channeled through a revolving fund managed by the local health councils in each community, in coordination with the municipal and departmental governments and the departmental health council.
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This photo was among the top vote-getters in the recent environment-themed photo contest sponsored by FrontLines and USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade. To see this photo and more than 50 images from recent photo contests, visit the new FrontLines Photo Contest Archive.
Learn more about the next FrontLines photo contest, which marks the Agency’s 50th anniversary.
The deadline to submit your photos is August 15.
A USAID-funded project in St. Petersburg, Russia, demonstrates practical ways people can conserve resources and save energy. This roof garden, against the background of a grim city landscape, was created by the building’s residents. They united in an eco-group – a small sustainable community that implements the principles of resource saving and lives by the slogan “Start saving the planet in your kitchen.” In the basement of their building, they breed California worms that produce compost, which is used for growing vegetables on the roof. Roof Gardening Club Chairperson Anna Sokol, pictured reclining at the rooftop garden, does not complain about her tiny pension: “Many residents of our building cannot afford a dacha, so why can’t we go up on our own roof and start working for ourselves.” Photo Credit: Dmitry Feklisov
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A young girl gets typhoid/diptheria vaccination at a medical clinic at Petionville golf club on July 13, 2010, in Port-au-Prince. USAID/OFDA funds 12 mobile and static International Medical Corps clinics that target rural and displaced populations in and around Port-au-Prince, Petit Goave and Leogane. Photo by Kendra Helmer/USAID
