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Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman Delivers Keynote At The Congressional Global Water Strategy Launch

The COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call and a reminder that more more than a quarter of the world’s population lacks access to handwashing with water and soap, which is critical for preventing the spread of the disease.

Administrator Samantha Power At The Swearing-In Ceremony For USAID Kenya And East Africa Regional Mission Director David Gosney

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us today, and thank you, Monde, for kicking us off.

Administrator Samantha Power at the World Food Prize Foundation's Annual Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue

There are many culprits behind today’s food crisis, you know them well. The COVID-19 pandemic grinding economies to a halt, splintered supply chains, causing huge spikes in inflation, everywhere it seems. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, holding hostage global supplies of food, fertilizer, and fuel, denying food to the world’s poorest communities – and that’s one of the many conflicts actually that is contributing to hunger around the globe.

Administrator Samantha Power At The Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Peer Review

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you, Ambassador Moorehead, for your opening remarks and your role as DAC chair, as well as Ambassador Markell, for your introduction. 

Administrator Samantha Power At The G7 Ministerial Conference "Uniting For Global Food Security"

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you so much and thank you for convening people who have the resources to do more and government representatives and international organization representatives who can speak to the gravity of what is confronting so many parts of the world.

Administrator Samantha Power Opening Testimony Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Hearing On The “Global Food Security Crisis And The U.S. Response”

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, and esteemed members of the committee.

After this hearing, I am going to be flying to the Horn of Africa—which is the epicenter of the unprecedented global food crisis that we face today.

Administrator Power With Kenya Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia Following A Meeting With Kenyan Multi-Agency National Drought Response Committee

SECRETARY MARGARET KOBIA: This morning, the Government of Kenya and the USAID held a roundtable discussion of the drought and the food security implications and the ongoing response in the country.

Administrator Power In Turkana, Kenya

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: First of all, just let me thank you all for coming.

Administrator Samantha Power With NPR Weekend Edition Sunday’s Ayesha Rascoe

MS. AYESHA RASCOE: Climate change, COVID, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have strained global food supplies, and in countries where food scarcity was already an issue, these factors have been proven devastating.

Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman At The Stronger Foundations For Nutrition Retreat On The Sidelines Of The United Nations General Assembly

DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR COLEMAN: Thanks, Matt, for that introduction, and for the opportunity to speak to this coalition today.