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Administrator Samantha Power Hosts a Swearing-In Ceremony for David Hoffman as Mission Director for Uzbekistan

  • August 4, 2023 | Speech

Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Howard G. Buffett, Chairman and CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation

  • August 4, 2023 | Readout

The United States Announces Additional Support for Countries Facing Severe Food Insecurity

  • August 3, 2023 | Press Release

Administrator Samantha Power Meeting with Vodafone Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer Joakim Reiter

  • August 3, 2023 | Readout

United States Provides Nearly $48 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Address Ongoing Humanitarian Emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • August 3, 2023 | Press Release

Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman and Assistant Administrator Erin Elizabeth McKee at a Press Briefing

  • August 3, 2023 | Speech

The United States Announces Nearly $13 Million to Advance a Prosperous, Secure, and Resilient Mongolia

  • August 3, 2023 | Press Release

Administrator Power Meets with Mongolia Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene

  • August 3, 2023 | Readout

Administrator Samantha Power at a Swearing-In Ceremony for Joel Sandefur as Mission Director for Afghanistan

  • August 3, 2023 | Speech

USAID Releases First-Ever LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development Policy

  • August 2, 2023 | Press Release

Administrator Samantha Power at the Launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy

  • August 1, 2023 | Speech

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

  • July 30, 2023 | Press Release

Stories

Balmore and other beneficiaries of the H-2 visa program do their check-in process at the Salvadoran international airport.

A Voyage of Opportunities

After guidance from Reem to send senior female engineers to check on problematic customer equipment, Rania Shamayla, the head of the Subscribers Department, and Bayan Al-Amer, an engineer in the inspection section, go door to door in Karak with a team of technicians. Rania spent the early years of her career petitioning her manager to be able to do field work. In 2022, after a four year campaign, she became the first woman to be elected to a leadership position in Jordan’s General Trade Union of Electricity

Jordan’s First Female Power Executive

Employees of Kawandama Hills Plantation collect tree biomass to produce legal, licensed charcoal in Malawi.

How Licensing Charcoal From Tree Plantations Curbs Deforestation

A couple, a man and a woman smile at each other while the woman holds their their baby. The group is sitting inside inside Ranchi District Hospital. Woman is holding their baby.

Delivering Quality

A man stands next to a potato sorting machine.

Producing Food in Wartime

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Leading Issues

A Ukrainian flag on a pole with ruined buildings on each side. Photo by: U.S. Embassy Kyiv.

Administrator Power Travels to Ukraine

Check out the latest updates from the trip.

Two farmers working in the field, picking ‘mloukhieh’ leaves in Ghor As-Safi, Jordan. Photo Credit: Mohammad Magayda, USAID Jordan Mission

Food Security

Addressing the global hunger crisis caused by COVID-19, climate change, and Russian Federation's war on Ukraine while building resilient and sustainable food systems.

Ukraine Response

Ukraine Response

Supporting Ukraine in the face of Putin's unprovoked war with humanitarian, development and economic support.

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Climate Change

Building a cleaner, more sustainable future while supporting our partner countries coping with the impacts of climate change today.

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Featured Focus Areas

Promoting Global Health

Investments in global health protect Americans at home and abroad, save lives, strengthen fragile states, and promote social and economic progress.

Supporting Global Stability

Advancing democracy and governance helps promote sustainable development and peace around the world.

Providing Humanitarian Assistance

USAID provides timely and effective humanitarian response, bringing disaster relief and lifesaving assistance amidst complex crises.

Catalyzing Innovation and Partnership

The future of international development is enterprise-driven.

Empowering Women and Girls

When women do better, countries do better, communities do better, and families do better.

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