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Throughout 2022, the United States met some of the world’s toughest challenges with democratic leadership and American generosity.

USAID empowers future climate leaders by providing scholarships for Egypt’s smartest and most talented students to obtain degrees in climate-related fields of study like energy, water, and agriculture.

During the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and other senior Agency representatives reinforced the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to revitalizing global partnerships and alliances across the African continent.

The U.S. has contributed so far about $1.5 billion in support to ensure that UN agencies on the ground primarily have the ability to reach people, we’ve reached about 4.5 million Somalis. Unfortunately, the U.S. is right now accounting for two thirds of the international appeal, two thirds of the food aid that is needed is being provided by the U.S., which we feel very privileged to be a part of contributing to, but that is not sustainable. We need other countries to step up.

The truth is we need civil society – as government actors and as government champions of reform, we actually can't know how the policies that we implement, or that you all legislate, are being lived in the real world. We actually – we may have the best of intentions – we just actually don't know often, exactly how those are being felt, and where the slippage occurs – because things don't always work in the real world the way that they are intended.