On April 5, USAID joined UN Foundation’s Momentum 1000 and millions around the globe in a digital rally to mark the 1,000 day to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Read more >>
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The Final 1,000 Days of the MDGs: Accelerating Progress and Working to End Extreme Poverty
Today we mark an important milestone: 1,000 days left until the end date of the Millennium Development Goals. Read more >>
WWE Divas Help Refugees in Rwanda Fight Malaria
Recently, WWE Divas Alicia and Natalya Fox, along with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, visited Rwanda to meet mothers and children fighting malaria. Read more >>
Equal Futures Partnership Advances Global Women’s Opportunities
Today is World Humanitarian Day
The United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day reminds us that helping those in need is a universal value. In the midst of every disaster and conflict, there are also inspiring acts of courage, generosity and selflessness. I am continually awed by the people I meet around the world who take great risks, who are moved to [...]
USAID Impact @ UN General Assembly in New York
Every year, USAID plays an important role in the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York. This year is the 66th session of the Assembly and our USAID Impact blog is dedicated to giving you updates. This week from September 19-23, USAID Administrator Raj Shah and other Agency leaders will participate in several events. [...]
50 Weeks to 50 Years at USAID – Week 1: Presidential Development Visionaries
“No objective supporter of foreign aid can be satisfied with the existing program-actually a multiplicity of programs. Bureaucratically fragmented, awkward and slow, its administration is diffused over a haphazard and irrational structure covering at least four departments and several other agencies. The program is based on a series of legislative measures and administrative procedures conceived [...]
Security and Livelihoods in Darfur
Just came from a series of meetings with our international partners in South Darfur. We discussed a number of Darfur’s complex challenges with leaders from the World Food Programme, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the UN Population Fund and other UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs. Security continues to be a serious challenge for [...]
