A Syrian boy carries a stack of bread bought at a local bakery in the northern city of Aleppo. USAID has been providing flour to bakeries in Syria in addition to other humanitarian assistance.
Bulent Kilic, AFP
(pdf - 2 MB)When a natural disaster or conflict destroys cities, homes and markets, or when hunger and disease threaten to spread, people caught in the middle are simply looking to survive. Helping them is at the core of what USAID does every day, all around the world.
In fiscal year 2015, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance responded to 49 crises in 45 countries, providing life-saving assistance to tens of millions of people including those enduring:
- An earthquake in Nepal
- Conflict in Syria and Iraq
- Complex emergencies in Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan
- Floods in Burma
- Typhoon Maysak in Micronesia
- The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
USAID works to help those in crisis survive every day, wherever people are in need.
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