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The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $30 million in direct budgetary support to help the Government of Moldova address spiking energy prices caused by the Kremlin’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine.

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. 

I want to be very clear, I did not just receive an award. Let me just get that on the record. The amazing public servants of USAID got the award

Shifting to a model of locally-led development means ceding power over decisionmaking to those who know their problems best.

Well, first let me say how heartening it is to see so little skepticism about whether this cause is worth it. I mean, I do think there aren’t that many issues that people agree upon up on Capitol Hill. I had a long briefing today with a bipartisan group of Senators who were very much immersed in the details of where food assistance is going, which non-governmental organizations we should be funding, frustration that it wasn’t moving more quickly, a frustration that I share. This is really galvanizing a degree of unity for now up on Capitol Hill, that’s heartening and that I think is reflected in communities around America.

On April 19, Administrator Samantha Power was joined by President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu, United States Ambassador to Moldova Kent Logsdon, and USAID/Moldova Mission Director Scott Hocklander to meet with members of the Moldovan American community.