Sustainable Management of Forest Concessions - Testimonials
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Learn how Green Gold Forestry, with USAID support, through a new model for the conservation and comprehensive use of ecosystem services, expands its activities to contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change, and improving the quality of life of communities, through carbon credits, non-
Administrator Samantha Power At a Press Availability in Kornidzor, Armenia
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We need to ensure that the international community gets access into Nagorno-Karabakh. There are still tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians who are there living in very vulnerable conditions. And already you are seeing, as well the gathering of testimonies from people who have fled, violence, deprivation, and with the fear of living under the Government of Azerbaijan.
Our focus again, right now and, I'm USAID Administrator, is meeting the humanitarian needs of individuals in really vulnerable circumstances and looking out for and securing access to individuals who are either unable to proceed on the Corridor because it is blocked with traffic, or, in some cases, too scared to make the journey to where we are today.
Administrator Samantha Power At a Press Conference in Armenia
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Thank you very much for joining us today. We will be having a press conference with USAID Administrator Samantha Power, who arrived in Armenia today. I also wanted to note the presence of Acting Assistant Secretary Ambassador Yuri Kim from the U.S. State Department.
Administrator Samantha Power with CNN International's One World with Zain Asher
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I do think they’re a priority. I mean, if you take USAID, which is the biggest national development and humanitarian agency, our assistance just this past year, increased to $13 billion in Africa.
Bridging the Gap: Financing Africa's Agricultural Growth
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Agricultural small and medium enterprises (agri-SMEs) like Sylva Food Solutions are Africa's largest employer and economic engine. They are also the key to fighting hunger. Three out of four agri-SMEs can’t access bank loans, and are too large for microfinance, creating an estimated $100 billion gap in unmet demand for financing. Bridging this gap is critical to feeding the future. Visit USAID.gov/Food-Security to learn more.
Administrator Samantha Power's Interview with CNN's Erin Burnett
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So, President Biden announced today an additional $11 million, bringing what we're investing there in supporting them to $12 million – I'm sure those needs are gonna go way up.