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USAID Press Releases, 2002

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December 12/31/02--USAID Awards Grant to Improve Health in Burundi 12/18/02--Washington File: Bush Will Find Few Surprises on Trip to Africa, USAID Official Says 12/12/02--President Bush Approves Faith-Based Office for USAID 12/09/02--USAID Announces Coffee Alliance with Green Mount Coffee Roasters 12/09/02--USAID Program Brings Macedonia Education Experts to Seattle 12/02/02--Wendy Chamberlin Sworn in as Head of USAID's Asia and Near East Bureau 12/02/02--USAID, Cleveland State University Bring Croatian Officials to Ohio November 11/27/02--USAID Forms Alliance With the Foods Resource Bank 11/27/02--Investigation of International Fraudulent Conspiracy Results in Incarceration for Two Co-Conspirators 11/25/02--$20 Million Public-Private Alliance between USAID and ChevronTexaco for Enterprise Development in Angola 11/22/02--USAID Announces $2.4 Million HIV/AIDS Media Training Partnership with Internews 11/13/02--USAID Announces an Additional 93,000 Metric Tons for Ethiopia and Eritrea: Millions in Need 11/10/02--Ground Breaking Ceremony for Kabul-Kandahar-Herat Highway Reconstruction Project 11/10/02--USAID Assistant Administrator Honored at Health Conference 11/08/02--USAID Assistant Administrator Adolfo Franco Comments on Food Security in Central America 11/05/02--USAID Announces Grant to Improve Healthcare on the Mexican Border October 10/28/02--Statement by Andrew S. Natsios on the Death of Laurence "Larry" Foley 10/15/02--USAID Provides Population Council $65 Million for HIV/AIDS Operations Research 10/11/02--Two USAID Officers Honored at White House Ceremony Recognizing America's Fund for Afghan Children 10/11/02--International Eye Foundation Grants USAID its "Promotion of Peace and Vision" Award 10/10/02--USAID Deputy Administrator Attends Infrastructure Grant Ceremony in Kabul 10/10/02--USAID Funds Afghan Ministry of Mines and Industry and Ministry of Planning 10/10/02--USAID Funded Teacher Training College in Kabul Completed 10/07/02--USAID announces recipient of first "Bureau Citation" 10/07/02--U.S. Government Announces Major Infrastructure Contract For Afghanistan 10/03/02--Statement by Andrew S. Natsios, USAID Administrator and Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan September 09/27/02--Statement by Andrew S. Natsios, USAID Administrator and Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan 09/27/02--USAID Announces Innovative Program to Facilitate the Flow of Remittances to Mexico 09/26/02--USAID Announces 100,000 Metric Tons of Food for Ethiopia as Drought Worsens 09/25/02--Top Latino Foreign Policy Officials Launch USAID Spanish Language Web Page 09/23/02--USAID Provides Operational Support to World Food Program's Southern Africa Operation as Needs Grow 09/23/02--Former Enterprise Fund Executives Plead Guilty 09/19/02--USAID Participates in 7th Annual U.S. West Coast-Russian Far East Conference 09/18/02--Subject of USAID Investigation Sentenced to 21 Months in Jail 09/17/02--Carol Becker, Ph.D. Sworn in as USAID Mission Director for Sri Lanka 09/13/02--USAID Swears in New Mission Director For Croatia 09/10/02--USAID Awards Quality Assurance and Workforce Development Project 09/09/02--USAID and U.S. Energy Association Hold U.S.-Eurasia Energy Partnership Summit in Washington 09/05/02--Media Advisory: USAID and USEA Sponsor US-Eurasia Energy Industry Partnership Program Summit 09/01/02--USAID and UN Foundation Form Alliance to Promote Coral Reef Conservation August 08/29/02--United States Taps Emerson Trust for Humanitarian Food Relief 08/21/02--USAID Names New Mission Director For Albania 08/20/02--USAID Administrator Announces Additional Emergency Relief En Route to Southern Africa 08/20/02--USAID Report on U.S. Action to Support Sustainable Development 08/20/02--$41 Million Public-Private Partnership to Provide Clean Water in West Africa 08/14/02--USAID Names New Mission Director For Rwanda 08/14/02--USAID Welcomes Increase In Crop Production In Afghanistan 08/09/02--USAID Names New Mission Director for Nicaragua 08/07/02--USAID Names Sumka New Mission Director for Bosnia and Herzegovina 08/05/02--USAID Announces $2.5 Million in Emergency Food Assistance to Haiti 08/05/02--USAID Names Andrew Sisson As New Mission Director to the Regional Office for East and Southern Africa July 07/31/02--USAID Names New Mission Director for Brazil 07/26/02--USAID Announces HIV/AIDS Grant Winners 07/26/02--USAID and Labor Department Release Data from Collaborative Survey on Child Labor on Cocoa Farms in West Africa 07/26/02--USAID Names New Mission Director For Guinea 07/25/02--USAID Arranges for $17,000 of School Supplies to Reach Afghan Students 07/25/02--USAID Provides Internet Center to Afghan Ministry of Commerce 07/25/02--USAID and US Treasury Sign an MOU with the Serbian Ministry of Finance in Support of Fiscal Reform 07/19/02--USAID Names Cromer New Mission Director for Ghana 07/18/02--USAID-Financed Restoration of Church and Mosque on Cyprus Supports Cultural Heritage and Tolerance 07/15/02--USAID Names Vicki Moore New Mission Director to Uganda 07/15/02--USAID Provides Assistance to Haitian Flood Victims 07/11/02--USAID Announces Additional Food Assistance for Southern Africa 07/11/02--USAID Approves Emergency Food Contribution to Angola 07/11/02--USAID Awards $22.2 Million for New Community Action Investment Program in Central Asia 07/11/02--USAID Meets With Central and Eastern Europe Coalition 07/11/02--Zambian Youth Respond Positively to Abstinence Message 07/10/02--Joint Report Details Escalating Global Orphans Crisis Due to AIDS 07/09/02--USAID Announces Introductory Antiretroviral Treatment Sites 07/08/02--Representative Brock Bierman Accepts Appointment to USAID 07/08/02--Life Expectancy Will Drop Worldwide Due To AIDS 07/03/02--USAID Sends $400,000 of Humanitarian Aid to Iran Earthquake Victims 07/02/02--USAID Reopens Mission in Pakistan and Names Director June 06/28/02--Announcement by USAID Administrator and Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios 06/28/02--USAID Provides Population Services International $90 Million for HIV/AIDS Prevention 06/27/02--USAID Names New Mission Director to Guyana 06/26/02--USAID Chartered Ship Departs U.S. for Southern Africa 06/26/02--USAID, International Youth Foundation Announce Partnerships 06/21/02--Nilsestuen Sworn in as USAID Mission Director for Paraguay 06/20/02--Buckles Sworn in as Mission Director for Peru 06/19/02--George Deikun Sworn In As USAID Regional Mission Director for Central Asia 06/18/02--USAID Names Weisenfeld New Mission Director for Zimbabwe 06/17/02--USAID Names Teubner New Mission Director to Honduras 06/17/02--Raouf Youssef Sworn In As USAID Mission Director for Lebanon 06/14/02--American Bank of Kosovo Opens Branch in Zvecan 06/14/02--USAID Hosts Russian State Duma Conference on Micro-Finance Development 06/13/02--U.S. Deputy Administrator Schieck Meets With Macedonian President Trajkovski 06/13/02--USAID Names New Mission Director for the Philippines 06/07/02--Statement by USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios on Food Aid to North Korea 06/06/02--USAID Funds Ministry of Water and Electricity in Afghanistan May 05/31/02--USAID Names New Mission Director for Mali 05/30/02--U.S. Agency for International Development Awards $3 Million to Balkan Youth Initiative 05/24/02--USAID Hurricane Disaster Preparations: Latin America and the Caribbean Braces For 2002 Hurricane Season 05/23/02--USAID Airlifts Sewing Machines and Fabric as Part of a Global Partnership to Provide Jobs and School Uniforms for Afghan Women and Girls 05/17/02--Miss Universe to Join International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 05/10/02--Gene George Sworn In As USAID Mission Director for Bangladesh 05/09/02--USAID Leads Public and Private Partners to Improve Health and Save Lives Through Food Fortification 05/09/02--USAID Pledges Additional $53 Million to GAVI 05/09/02--USAID Expands Successful Malaria Control Program 05/07/02--United Nations Special Session on Children Statement by Administrator Andrew S. Natsios 05/03/02--Statement by Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator -- World Press Freedom Day April 04/26/02--USAID Investigation Leads to Indictment 04/24/02--Prime Minister of Bulgaria and USAID Administrator Agree to Launch "Open Government Initiative" 04/11/02--USAID Announces $5 Million Initiative to Improve Public Health Services in Afghanistan 04/10/02--Operation Day's Work Chooses A Glimmer of Hope 04/03/02--USAID Delivering High-Quality Wheat Seed to Afghanistan 04/03/02--USAID Provides Family Health International $162 Million to Continue International AIDS Efforts 04/02/02--Statement on the National Institutes for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Review of HIVNET 012 March 03/28/02--USAID Assists Afghan Earthquake Victims 03/28/02--USAID Provides $1.2 Million to Malnourished Guatemalans 03/22/02--USAID Helps Afghan Children Return to School 03/18/02--US Reaffirms Commitment to Value Every Child and Support International Partnerships for Child Health 03/13/02--USAID Provides Additional Aid to Volcano Disaster Victims in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo 03/08/02--USAID Opens Exhibit on Hurricane Georges Reconstruction Program 03/08/02--USAID Celebrates International Women's Day and a Growing Partnership with the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs 03/01/02--Jay Knott Sworn In As USAID Mission Director For Mozambique 03/01/02--In Croatia, USAID Official Launches Citizens Information System, Inaugurates Link With War-Ravaged Region February 02/25/02--Operation Day's Work Elects New National Committee 02/21/02--USAID Awards $1 Million Grant to Cuba Transition Project 02/19/02--USAID Supports Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs and Indigenous Afghan Women's Humanitarian Organization 02/19/02--USAID Announces Recipients of HIV/AIDS Grants 02/13/02--USAID Investigation Leads to Guilty Verdicts and Plea Agreement 02/12/02--USAID Presents Partnerships Awards to Six Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Announces New George Washington Carver Award 02/12/02--USAID Joins UNICEF to Vaccinate Afghan Children Against Measles in Continuing Effort to Meet Critical Health Care Needs 02/08/02--Frederick W. Schieck Sworn in as Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development 02/08/02--USAID to Open Foreign Disaster Assistance Regional Warehouse in Honduras 02/07/02--Adolfo Franco Sworn In as Head of USAID's Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean 02/07/02--Roger Winter Sworn in as Head of USAID's Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau January 01/29/02--USAID Announces $15 Million in Quick-Impact Programs for Afghanistan's Reconstruction 01/24/02--America Transfers Environmentally Friendly Cooking Technology to Uganda 01/23/02--Dr. Kent Hill Meets Armenian Church Leader 01/23/02--Dr. Kent Hill Reaffirms Commitment to Armenian People 01/23/02--USAID Dispatches Team, Releases $3 Million to Meet Emergency Needs of Victims of Volcanic Eruption in Democratic Republic of Congo 01/22/02--Dr. Kent Hill Meets With Small Businesswomen in Earthquake Zone 01/22/02--Dr. Kent Hill Presides Over Opening Of Sports Complex In Earthquake Region 01/18/02--USAID Responds With Immediate Assistance for Victims of Volcano Eruption in Goma 01/15/02--USAID Administrator Visits Egypt 01/14/02--USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios Visits Jordan    (For more information about this visit and Jordan, go to http://www.usaid.gov/about/jordan/). 01/03/02--USAID Distributes More Than 30,000 Radios In Afghanistan: Launches the Afghanistan Emergency Information Program 01/02/02--USAID Responds to "Peruvian Fire Disaster Declaration" and Provides Emergency Aid to Treat Burn Victims

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