Today, the U.S. government announced nearly $67 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the DRC Humanitarian Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. With the assistance announced today, the United States is providing food, protection, shelter, health care, and other urgent aid for vulnerable Congolese and ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 13 April, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of diseases in farm animals has in just 12 months succeeded in training over 4,700 veterinary health professionals in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The FAO-provided technical trainings covered a gamut of key competencies, including disease ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 9 March, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, News, USAID | Tags: Animal Health, FAO, USAID
Food, medicine and other relief supplies will be reaching people in need in Yemen more quickly, with the help of U.S.-funded cranes at the Hudaydah port on the Red Sea.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 16 February, 2018 | Topics: News, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, Yemen
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Office of Press Relations For Immediate Release August 3, 2017 PRESS RELEASE U.S. Announces $169 Million in New Humanitarian Assistance for Ethiopia and Kenya Today the United States announced more than $169 million in humanitarian assistance to support those in Ethiopia and Kenya who are experiencing the effects of prolonged ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 3 August, 2017 | Topics: Africa, Agriculture, Press Releases, USAID | Tags: Food Security, USAID
Nutrition and entrepreneurship training helps families stay healthy and build businesses “The cash we receive has helped me a lot. When I receive the money, I buy food and sugar for the family, and it has supplemented my modest income from plaiting women’s hair.” July 2017—For one week each month, Clementina Peter Loku, a 56-year-old ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 20 July, 2017 | Topics: Africa, News, Success Stories, USAID | Tags: Food Security, South Sudan, Success Story, USAID
Today, the United States announced more than $119 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq. The United States Government has now provided more than $1.4 billion in humanitarian assistance for the Iraq crisis since fiscal year 2014.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 14 July, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Iraq, USAID
Today, the United States announced nearly $639 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the millions of people affected by food insecurity and violence in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. This additional funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $1.8 billion for these four crises since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2017.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 10 July, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Nigeria, OFDA, Refugees, Somalia, South Sudan, USAID, Yemen
IMAGINE if every single person in Florida, the 3rd largest state in the United States, teetered on the brink of famine. That’s what’s happening in four countries — South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen — where more than 20 million people are at risk of starvation. Conflict is driving the crises in these four countries. This violence, in addition to drought in Somalia, ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 10 July, 2017 | Topics: News, USAID | Tags: Famine, Four Famines, USAID
For vulnerable and conflict-affected populations residing in South Sudan’s Mayendit County, one of the famine-affected counties in Unity State, access to safe drinking water often requires long, arduous hours of walking to the nearest borehole. Due to insecurity and the amount of time required to reach clean water, many individuals in Mayendit frequently resort to ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 8 June, 2017 | Topics: Africa, News, Success Stories, USAID | Tags: Health, Samaritan's Purse, South Sudan, USAID, Water
Five reporters traveled to Indonesia with USUN Rome Public Affairs Officer Heather Eaton on May 14 for a six-day media tour to see firsthand how the United States works with the Rome-based UN agencies to promote food security, health and economic opportunity. The journalists – hailing from Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia – took a ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 22 May, 2017 | Topics: Education, Environment, News, Public Affairs, USAID | Tags: IFAD, Journalists, MCC, school feeding, USAID, WFP. FAO
