On Monday, April 15, USAID Administrator @RajShah participated in a Twitter chat to answer YOUR questions on the proposed Food Aid Reform in President Obama’s 2014 Proposed Budget. People asked questions using #AskUSAID @RajShah on everything from the nutritional value of #FoodAid to how to better engage with @USAID. From 2:30-3:30 p.m., we received over 20 questions and reached over 700,000 users on Twitter! 
@RajShah responds to your questions with lightning speed!
DONT FORGET: @rajshah answers your questions about the #2014budget & #foodaid reform TODAY @ 2:30PM EDT #AskUSAID ow.ly/i/1TnUm — USAID (@USAID) April 15, 2013
@nickkristof Thanks, Nick! Hope you’ll join me on 4/15 @ 2:30PM EDT for a Twitter chat about the future of #foodaid use #askusaid — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 14, 2013
STARTING NOW: @rajshah answers your questions about #foodaid reform. Send your questions using #askusaid — USAID (@USAID) April 15, 2013
@jenniferarmit Nutrition is front & center of #foodaid reform. Reform will only increase this. See study at is.gd/4c6BVS #AskUSAID — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@usadf @usaid through Feed the Future!we love USADF grantees.small scale. local.serve poorest of the poor.eager to expand prtnship! — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@rblcause bldng a new humanitarian-agriculture partnership: highly nutritious foods, tgt first 1000 days: we can end preventable child death — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
Thanks @hiingainc! Local organizations can access @usaid funding by visiting ournew #foodassistance RFA: ow.ly/k5qSF#AskUSAID — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@klausluhta we brand everything.when we buy locally, or use e-cards we brand it.only exception is wartime/ re staff safety — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
.@andrewbparks @usaid‘s office of Food For #Peace’s APS shows how we will change #emergency & #crisis response with most appropriate tools — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@juliemaccartee Yes! I’ll be testifying on the #2014budget next week and expect #foodaid reform to be a topic @cspan #askusaid — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@jon_scanlon 4 million kids — this year.but in addition: this is about creating local markets, moving from a hand out to a hand up. — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@agnews_otto @usaid has standard operating procedures 2 ensure accountability & we adhere 2 best practices ow.ly/k5kkS#AskUSAID — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
@agripulse syria! — see WaPo today — has used up our flex.either reform or have to remove 100s of 1000s of hungry kids from support — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
If you haven’t seen the proposal for #foodaid reform yet, be sure to click ow.ly/jWszw and read along #AskUSAID #2014budget — Raj Shah (@rajshah) April 15, 2013
Watch @care CEO Helene Gayle discuss crucial #FoodAid reform w/ @usaid admin @rajshah: ar.gy/3_ne — CAREUSA (care.org) (@CARE) April 15, 2013
@rajshah @usaid Thank you for the kind words. We value our partnership & the important work you continue to do. — CAREUSA (care.org) (@CARE) April 15, 2013
Learn more about Food Aid Reform through our fact sheet, Raj Shah’s Speech & Transcript, as well as recent articles from the Washington Post, AP, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post.
