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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
USAID Forms Alliance With the Foods Resource Bank
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
2002-132
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 27, 2002Contact: USAID Press Office
WASHINGTON, DC -- Constance Newman, Assistant Administrator for Africa for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Norm Braksick, Executive Director of the Foods Resource Bank (FRB) announced a public-private alliance for hunger reduction in Africa.
USAID announced a $500,000 grant to the Foods Resource Bank to foster sustainable food security in Africa's poorest communities. This public private partnership will, one village at a time, pair rural and urban U.S. communities to those most in need in Africa. FRB, a Michigan-based national organization, encourages philanthropy and unites resources in creative ways. It coordinates the efforts of faith-based, civic, farming, urban and business communities to identify and fund projects that allow targeted communities in the developing world to feed itself. The Foods Resource Bank currently has 54 projects involving more than 2,000 acres that should generate approximately $500,000 in crop revenue.
"The Foods Resource Bank has a unique model which brings U.S. communities together while helping to reduce hunger through sustainable agricultural practices in Africa. FRB helps people to live by their values and channels the natural generosity of the American people." said Newman.
"One hundred percent of the revenue generated by a community growing project goes to help people feed themselves," said Braksick. "FRB relies heavily on volunteers, and our low administrative costs are paid by our members and through special administrative grants."
Braksick continued, "We are not an emergency or disaster organization. We are not interested in shipping container after container of food and grain. Our niche is helping people to help themselves by achieving independence."
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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