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Food Voucher Program Gives Palestinian Families Choices and Supports the Local Economy

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 14th 2013     
Thanks to the USAID/WFP voucher card system, families can purchase the basic foods they need most. Photo credit: WFP/Quique Kierszenbaum

A food assistance voucher program in West Bank provides more than food to Palestinian families. Read more >>

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Free Press: The Cornerstone of Democracy

Posted by  on Friday, May 3rd 2013     
In Mozambique, USAID supports the five-year, $10 million Media Strengthening Program to promote a free, open, diverse, and self-sustaining media sector. Photo Credit: IREX

Today and every day, USAID applauds the brave work of journalists, editors, and the increasing millions of “citizen reporters” throughout the world in their common pursuit to freely gather, report, analyze, and share news. Read more >>

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Expanding Access to Quality Education and Improved Health Care in the West Bank’s “Area C”

Posted by  on Wednesday, May 16th 2012     

I recently had the opportunity to visit a construction site in Jalazone, just outside of Ramallah in the West Bank, where the U.S. Government is partnering with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in cooperation with Palestinian and Israeli officials, to build a school that will provide a safe and vastly improved learning [...]

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USAID’s Strong Partnership with Israel Ensured Rapid Response During Disaster

Posted by  on Wednesday, December 15th 2010     

The wildfires that ravaged large areas of Mount Carmel forest, killing 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes in the Northern Israel in early December, were halted with the help of local and international emergency teams. The intensive coordination efforts of USAID West Bank and Gaza with the Government of Israel enabled the rapid mobilization [...]

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Greenhouses Changing Lives in Gaza

Posted by  on Friday, October 1st 2010     

Submitted by Matt Johnson USAID West Bank and Gaza recently delivered and installed the first set of greenhouses to residents in the Gaza strip.  The greenhouses are helping compensate for the ongoing shortage of fresh vegetables and produce in the region. They are also helping residents by providing extra income. Mariam Mohammed Abu Jara, a 57-year old [...]

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This Week at USAID – August 16, 2010

Posted by  on Monday, August 16th 2010     

Administrator Shah will officially swear-in Alex Dickie to be the Mission Director-designate to Iraq and Mike Harvey to be the Mission Director-designate to West Bank Gaza. Secretary Clinton gives a speech on the Global Health Initiative (GHI) at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.  The GHI is building on the Bush Administration’s successful record [...]

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