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On Thursday, October 20, Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams-Allen attended the third and final day of USAID’s Second Annual Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Conference and Career Expo at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida.
In support of the partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $200,000 award to support the Global Empowerment of Underrepresented Students and Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Program.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. The unusually heavy rainfall and resulting flooding has affected nearly 2.8 million people across the country. In addition, tens of thousands of homes have been damaged or completely destroyed, forcing the displacement of two million people. More than 600 people have died.
Today, Administrator Samantha Power traveled to Des Moines, Iowa in a visit highlighting the U.S. government’s efforts to fight the global food security crisis and showcase innovative public-private partnerships that are helping to feed the world.
Today, Administrator Samantha Power called for an acceleration and expansion of agricultural innovation and investment as a critical pillar of addressing current and future global food crises and announced new USAID initiatives to improve agricultural production around the world, strengthen resilience, and address the root causes of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.
Today, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack released the U.S. government’s Global Food Security Research Strategy, underscoring the U.S. government’s commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition and building medium to long-term sustainable resilient food systems.
Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams-Allen will travel to Miami, Florida to attend USAID’s second annual 2022 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)/LatinX Conference on October 20.
Today, we call again on the Houthis to release our detained U.S.-employed Yemeni staff immediately.
Administrator Power will travel to Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, October 19 and deliver a keynote address during the World Food Prize Foundation's annual Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
Today, the White House released the U.S. National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security (Strategy).
I am alarmed by the escalating risk for widespread atrocities and violence against civilians in Northern Ethiopia, as well as recent attacks by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) in the city of Shire. The Tigray Defense Front’s (TDF) provocative actions in the Amhara region are only deepening the acute threat to civilians.
This World Food Day, the world faces a global food security crisis of historic proportions. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepening climate crisis, spiking prices for energy, food and fertilizer, and armed conflicts, including Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, have plunged millions into unprecedented levels of hunger and malnutrition.
On October 14, Administrator Power met with Ukraine Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko to discuss the Government of Ukraine’s evolving needs and priorities as Putin’s unprovoked war heads into winter. Administrator Power, following her recent visit to Kyiv, reaffirmed USAID’s long-term commitment to the people of Ukraine and their desire for self-determination, as well as to Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
On October 14, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman met with Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) for the European Union (EU) to coordinate on the broader Ukraine development and humanitarian response, direct budget support for Ukraine, energy needs for Moldova, and other assistance in the region.
On October 14, Deputy Administrator Coleman met with Carin Jämtin, Director-General of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), to discuss areas of partnership and collaboration to advance global priorities, including support for Ukraine, and mobilizing donors toward locally-led development.
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Pat Conroy, Minister for International Development and the Pacific and for Defense Industry for Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. Administrator Power and Commissioner Urpilainen signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Power Africa, the U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by USAID that brings together the collective resources of more than 175 public and private sector partners to increase the number of people with access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa.
As insecurity, gang violence, and the humanitarian situation worsens in Haiti, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is deploying an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to respond to escalating humanitarian needs.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a three-year, $12 million agreement to continue the U.S. government’s long-standing support for independent media in South Sudan and the disputed Abyei Area on the South Sudan-Sudan border, as an essential element of democracy.
Yesterday, Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman met with Khalil Shariff, Interim CEO at the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), to discuss ways to deepen collaboration between civil society actors and Central Asian governments to promote people-centered progress, accountability, and inclusive democratic societies. The conversation also focused on how AKF is currently operating in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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Last updated: September 19, 2024
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