Press Releases

Today, at the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) “Democracy Delivers” event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power, in partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, convened philanthropic and private sector partners to invest in Malawi and other countries experiencing democratic openings.

Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power, in partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, convened more than a dozen philanthropic and private sector partners to announce investments totaling more than $255 million to deliver essential services and bring about tangible progress for citizens in countries experiencing democratic openings. 

From September 4 through 8, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman will travel to Tanzania and Malawi to emphasize and advance the U.S. government's work to support inclusive, climate-smart, market-driven economic growth in Africa, and strong democratic governance that advances civil liberties and protects universal human rights. 

Today, during the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Summit, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman spotlighted USAID’s Innovation Sprints to increase investments in climate-smart agriculture.

The U.S. government is announcing two new grants to address immediate humanitarian needs resulting from Tropical Cyclone Freddy’s devastating impacts and nationwide cholera outbreaks.  This new $4 million assistance is part of the U.S government’s ongoing assistance that has been helping the country recover from Tropical Cyclone Freddy and the cholera emergency.  Through these grants to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will partner with the Government of Malawi to deliver urgently needed food; shelter; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supplies; and other relief items.

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?”

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ireland’s international development programme, Irish Aid, announced funding to build more sustainable food systems to help fight global hunger and prevent the next food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. This announcement builds on the long-standing partnership between the United States and Ireland to combat global hunger and food insecurity.

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.

At the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany, President Biden announced that the United States is expanding Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, to reach new countries and intensify efforts to directly address and mitigate the impacts of recent shocks to global food security and nutrition. 

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