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The United States Provides an Additional $524 Million for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Today, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced the United States is providing nearly $524 million in critical humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa crisis, at the “High-level Pledging Event to Support the Humanitarian Response in the Horn of Africa.” This includes $416 million in USAID funding and nearly $108 million from the Department of State. The impacts of the current drought – the most severe in the Horn of Africa in recorded history – continues to leave 23 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia facing grave hunger. 

Administrator Samantha Power - Ireland Steps Up to Inspire Others Against Global Hunger

There’s an old Irish ballad, written during the Great Hunger in 1848, about a starving child who asks his mother if he can eat three grains of corn, found in the pocket of an old jacket. “What has poor Ireland done,” he asks in the song, “that the world looks on and sees us starve, perishing one by one?”

USAID Launches $100m Investment to Enhance Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the U.S. Government Global Water Strategy High Priority Country Plan for Kenya announcing more than $100 million in new Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) activities.

The United States Provides More Than $126 million in Food Assistance in Kenya as Relentless Drought Drives Crisis Levels of Hunger

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it is providing more than $126 million in additional food assistance to the people of Kenya as ongoing drought leaves more than four million people in the grips of a dire hunger crisis, with the number expected to rise to over five million by June. The announcement comes following a visit to the country by First Lady Jill Biden.

Administrator Samantha Power attends the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Day 3

Today, on the final day of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Administrator Samantha Power held bilateral meetings with African leaders and joined President Joe Biden and African Heads of State at the Promoting Food Security and Food Systems Resilience session.

USAID Announces a $415 Million Partnership With Five African Nations to Accelerate Primary Health Care

Today, at the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C., the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is announcing new partnerships to accelerate primary health care in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Nigeria.

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting With International Rescue Committee President And CEO David Miliband

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Jessica Jennings:

World Food Day

This World Food Day, the world faces a global food security crisis of historic proportions.

Administrator Samantha Power Attends United Nations General Assembly On September 21, 2022

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Today, Administrator Samantha Power attended meetings and events during her third day at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, New York. 

Administrator Samantha Power Delivers Address On Global Food Security Crisis Titled, "The Line Between Crisis And Catastrophe"

Today, Administrator Samantha Power delivered an address on the growing global food security crisis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies headquarters, co-hosted by the Eleanor Crook Foundation.