Colombia welcomed USAID's Counselor Clinton White
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We were happy to welcome USAID's Counselor Clinton White to Colombia. During his stay he visited Cartagena, Bogotá and Cali, places where he had the opportunity to see spaces that, with the support of USAID, promote memory, reconciliation, access to justice and conflict resolution.
Administrator Samantha Power on “Development is Digital: Harnessing Technology's Potential for a Better World”
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Thank you so much, Mr. President. So, I will say a word in a second about my time here at Carnegie. But let me just start by saying in my day, we were not called Junior Fellows, we were interns. So, congrats, young people here – Junior Fellows on the upgrade.
Administrator Samantha Power Launches the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Policy
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This policy codifies what we know to be true that democracy is not and cannot be the work of any one department or team. It is all of our responsibility. So if we look back, and I'm just going to, you know, focus on a few of the highlights of the new policy before handing off here, but if we look back at the work over the years that had been done, you know, to support courageous citizens, civil society organizations pushing back on restrictive new laws, the number of independent media journalists who've been trained and supported now getting viability, you know, market support in understanding how to stay afloat, even economically.
Three Mayors in Uganda
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Through USAID's Domestic Revenue Mobilization for Development (DRM4D) program, we helped ten cities in Uganda raise an additional $5.5 million between 2021 and 2023.
Beyond Four Walls
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Watch this video about head teacher, Lucy Akello, and her school that was reconstructed and furnished with new classrooms, latrines, staff housing, and much more.
Family Poultry Production in 12 districts of Khatlon
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The USAID-funded Feed the Future Tajikistan Agriculture and Land Governance Activity -Empowering Vulnerable Households: Providing 6,000 Chickens to 300 Families in Khatlon.