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Administrator Samantha Power speaks to KTN on m-mama

Well we announced today at USAID that we're bringing $5 million to this initiative, the Vodafone Foundation, and M-Pesa Foundation bringing an additional $9 million. And what's so extraordinary about this emergency transport idea is that it actually relies on community members volunteering to say, ‘hey, I'm not a professional ambulance driver, nor am I a professional taxi driver, but actually someone in my family died in childbirth and I have the chance to volunteer and become part of a network to provide those pregnant mothers with a lift to a local health facility through this organization and this dispatch service.’ So it's actually a very cost effective way to save as many as 25,000 lives – mothers' lives a year.  

Administrator Power Interview with BBC’s Focus on Africa

ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: This assistance will go to things like building a fertilizer hub in Tanzania, drip irrigation, drought resistant seeds, helping offer training to farmers, getting that learning, that knowledge, that technology to farmers, particularly sm

Administrator Samantha Power at the Africa Energy Forum

So today, I am excited to announce the next step in our Power Africa journey. We are committing $89 million to invest in clean energy in East and Central Africa. And, now that the evidence from the past ten years has proven beyond a doubt that clean energy investments deliver meaningful returns, we’ll use that money as leverage. We know that in the large scheme of things $89 million is not a huge amount of money, but it is catalytic. It is leverage to mobilize billions more in public and private investment. 

Administrator Samantha Power at the Announcement of the Partnership to Bring m-mama to Kenya

Today, following up very much on our Safaricom colleague, I am pleased to announce that USAID will contribute $5 million to support the rollout of m-mama. With this money, and again critically following the lead of both the national and county government leadership in Kenya, and working closely with the Vodafone and M-PESA foundations, we will work together to cover 100 percent of emergency transport needs in rural areas in the next five years.

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.