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Photos of the Week: USAID In Burma

Posted by  on Tuesday, March 5th 2013     
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Photos from our Mission of the Week: Burma! Read more >>

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In Rome, Secretary Kerry Announces Nonlethal Assistance to Syria

Posted by  on Tuesday, March 5th 2013     
Secretary of State John Kerry, with the Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and Syrian Opposition Council Chairman Moaz al-Khati, announces non-lethal assistance to Syrians. Photo credit: State Department

During Secretary Kerry’s Europe trip, he announced $60 million in non-lethal assistance to strengthen the organizational capacity of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. Read more >>

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Raising the Bar: Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies

Posted by  on Monday, March 4th 2013     
Ethiopia, October 2010. Photo credit: Jane Strachan, USAID

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”. Read more >>

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Video of the Week: Empowering Women in Haiti

Posted by  on Monday, March 4th 2013     
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with partner Heartland Alliance International has been strengthening the leadership of grassroots women in Haiti to engage in and advocate for redevelopment with the vision of a country where women participate in home, public and economic life free from the threat of harassment and violence. Over the […]

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U.S. Investments in Foreign Aid Provide a Healthy Return

Posted by  on Monday, March 4th 2013     
Dennis Tabula, Senior Clinical Officer, Frontline Health Worker Award

Yesterday, we celebrated and honored the work of health workers at the “Celebrating Health Workers in Uganda” event. Read more >>

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USAID In the News

Posted by  on Saturday, March 2nd 2013     
USAID Administrator visits a small medical practice that delivers affordable health care to poor Burmese in Rangoon. March 7, 2013. Photo: Richard Nyberg/USAID

A review of USAID’s top news highlights for week of February 25, 2013. Read more >>

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From the Ground in Syria: Delivering More than Flour to Aleppo

Posted by  on Friday, March 1st 2013     
Workers load newly-milled flour onto a truck in Syria. Photo credit: USAID Partner

USAID flour supports local businesses and provides bread for families in Syria. Read more >>

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Celebrating Peace Corps Week: Those Extraordinary Ordinary Volunteers!

Posted by  on Friday, March 1st 2013     
A Peace Corps volunteer trains his local community in Malawi on the nutritional benefits of growing soy. Photo credit: Peace Corps

This week, we’re celebrating our partner agency the Peace Corps during it’s annual Peace Corps Week. Read more >>

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Pounds of Prevention – Focus on Guatemala

Posted by  on Thursday, February 28th 2013     
Disaster relief in Guatemala

In this next installment of the USAID Pounds of Prevention series, we travel to Guatemala. Read more >>

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Lessons of Financial Independence and Self-Sufficiency in Georgia

Posted by  on Thursday, February 28th 2013     
Shalva Grigalashvili, one of USAID/NEO beneficiaries, tiling a guesthouse bathroom in Kvishkheti village of Khashuri municipality. Photo credit: USAID/NEO

Working in 85 communities across Georgia, the USAID/New Economic Opportunities initiative enables highly vulnerable individuals to be self-sufficient through vocational training. Read more >>

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