USAID Impact Photo Credit: USAID and Partners

Tag archives for Relief

One Year Later—the Road to Resilience After Typhoon Haiyan

Posted by  on Tuesday, November 18th 2014     
The United States is providing more than $47 million in humanitarian aid to help the people of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This photo was taken in hard-hit Tacloban, Nov. 18, 2013. At least 200,000 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippine city of Tacloban and six surrounding districts are now receiving clean water for cooking and drinking, as the first water treatment plant came back to full operating capacity / IOM/J. Lowry

USAID is taking the lessons learned from Haiyan, and scaling up the best solutions for building resilience, especially in areas of recurring shocks. USAID launched the Global Resilience Partnership, to catalyze locally driven, high-impact solutions to resilience challenges. Do you have innovative ideas for building resilience?

Read the rest of this entry »

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

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 14th 2013     

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

Read the rest of this entry »

Assistant Secretary Anne Richard and Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg Meet With Syrian Refugees

Posted by  on Thursday, January 31st 2013     

Assistant Secretary Anne Richards and Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg met with Turkish partners and assistance providers to discuss the needs of Syrian refugees and ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Responding to the Crisis in the Sahel

Posted by  on Friday, February 17th 2012     

Even in the best years, it is difficult to eke a living out of the harsh sands of the western Sahara. But this year, a series of events has unfolded that has made it even harder for the people of the Sahel to survive. Sahelians live in one of the toughest environments on earth, in […]

Read the rest of this entry »

FWD Day Surpasses Goal, Hitting 117 Million Forwards

Posted by  on Friday, November 18th 2011     

  The USAID FWD Campaign successfully garnered 117 million forwards of crisis facts on FWD Day, dwarfing the goal of 13.3 million—the number of people currently affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa.  Celebrities, NGOs, corporations, and the American public joined forces to amplify the message through a host of online channels including […]

Read the rest of this entry »

A Jewish Response to the Famine in Time for Sukkot

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 11th 2011     

Faith communities have always been among the first responders to humanitarian crisis and the crisis in the Horn of Africa has been no different. The faith community was quick to pull together resources to inspire their congregations and members to act and save lives. USAID’s Office of Faith Based Initiatives has been actively reaching out […]

Read the rest of this entry »