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From Hyogo to Sendai: A New Action Plan for Resilience

Posted by  on Friday, March 20th 2015     
USAID’s resilience programs in the Sahel are helping pastoralists to diversify their livelihoods so that they are not solely reliant on the land and are better prepared to cope with dry seasons. Sahra Osman Ibrahim received a loan to open up a shop through the USAID-supported Somali Microfinance Share Company. / USAID Ethiopia.

Building resilience, promoting local solutions, and fostering inclusion will be critical to achieving success in the newly adopted Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction.

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Photo of the Week: Empowering Afro-Colombian Communities

Posted by  on Tuesday, August 20th 2013     

Our Photo of the Week comes from USAID/Colombia. Read more >>

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Building a Better Future for Persons with Disabilities

Posted by  on Friday, December 2nd 2011     

USAID is commemorating International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is observed on December 3rd worldwide. According to the UN, persons with disabilities make up an estimated 15 percent of the world’s population. Below is a blog post from Montenegro exemplifying how our agency and partner organizations work to improve the lives of persons with […]

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