USAID’s School Dropout Prevention Pilot project works with more than 10,000 kids in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades in Timor-Leste to keep them in school. Read more >>
Archives for 2013
Photos of the Week: International Mother Language Day
USAID celebrates the 14th anniversary of International Mother Language Day on February 21, 2013. Read more >>
Video of the Week: USAID Participates in Social Media Week
For the first time, USAID will participate in Social Media Week. In this week’s Video of the Week, Administrator Raj Shah talks about the importance of social media to further international development goals. Read more >>
USAID Welcomes Secretary of State John Kerry
This morning, USAID hosted Secretary of State John Kerry for his first visit with USAID staff at the Ronald Reagan Building. Read more >>
Meeting the President’s Challenge to End Extreme Poverty
We are advancing President Obama’s critical agenda to eradicate the scourge of extreme poverty through Feed the Future, the President’s signature global hunger and food security initiative. Read more >>
Getting to Zero and Eliminating Extreme Poverty
During his State of the Union address, the President articulated a vision that represented one of the clearest, most direct calls to development action in recent years. At USAID, we’ve spent considerable time analyzing what it would take to eradicate extreme poverty. Read more >>
Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention: Introducing Our 1st Round of Winners
In the fall, Humanity United partnered with USAID to launch the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention. We are incredibly excited to announce the winners of the first round of the Challenge. Read more >>
Flower Power: How Your Valentine’s Day Bouquet is Helping Fight Poverty
Besides showing your special Valentine that you care, flowers are also an important commodity that is changing the lives of Kenyan farmers and improving their food security. Read more >>
Q&A with the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte
U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, answers questions about the new partnership to combat citizen insecurity and strengthen municipal responses to crime and violence in 50 dangerous communities in El Salvador. Read more >>
FrontLines Releases January/February 2013 Issue
Read the latest edition of USAID’s FrontLines to learn how the Agency is helping communities become more resilient to new and long standing crises, and how training to journalists and media organizations in developing countries helps create well-informed citizens. Read more >>
