Revitalizing Schools Across Barawe
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USAID’s Stabilization Through Education Program (STEP) works with communities and local authorities in areas recovered from violent conflict to rehabilitate or construct over 195 damaged classrooms. This will expand educational access for an additional 10,000 students each year and strengthen the local government’s ability to deliver basic education services.
Wash, Rinse, Repeat
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Somalia has faced decades of instability, intercommunal conflict, and humanitarian crises. This has resulted in a dynamic and complex operating environment. In the last two years, Somalia experienced two significant contextual shifts which directly influenced implementation and progress against the USAID Somalia CDCS development objectives.
From Improved Production to Processing: The Jekafo Cooperative’s Story
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In addition to supporting agricultural production, Feed the Future Mali Sene Yiriwa – South (Prosperous Agriculture) helps Malian farmers' organizations in their agricultural product processing. Through the project’s support, the Jekafo cooperative in Finkolo Ganadougou Commune of Sikasso Region has more than doubled the market value of its flagship product, rice.
Every Child Welcome: Teaching Students of All Abilities
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Nkombo is stunning, but hard to reach. Surrounded by the lush green hills, this little island in Lake Kivu is home to just over 18,000 people. The small community sticks together, cherishing the tradition of Mashi, a dialect closely linked to the Masi people of southern Africa.
Mogadishu Book Fair
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The annual Mogadishu Book Fair (MBF) brings authors, poets, musicians, and scholars to showcase Somali culture and literature. A forum for Somalia’s literary minds, the fair has become the largest educational and literary gathering in Mogadishu every year, championing access to books and promoting social cohesion in Somalia.
Lady of Justice
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Who do you call when you need to settle a grievance? In Somalia, you’ll need to call a lawyer skilled at three justice systems: xeer or customary law, Shari’ah or law drawn from the Islamic religion, and statutory law.
From Shoe Shiner to First Time Student
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Hussein Sheik Sidow, age 17, is the oldest in his level two accelerated basic education class, but he is not discouraged by the age gap between him and his peers.
Veteran Teacher Learns New Ways to Support Young Readers in Somalia
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Ali Mohamed has been an educator in Mogadishu since 1975. He has seen decades of conflict, schools destroyed, and educators and students displaced. Despite the challenges, children come to his classroom each September looking to learn how to read the new books in their backpacks.
Ameir’s Quest to Reclaim Zanzibar’s Glory as the Spice Island.
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A renowned world tourist destination, once famously referred to as Spice Island, today, Zanzibar Island imports 80% of its horticultural products, including fruits and spices.
USAID and PYXUS Team Up to Invest $44.6 Million in Malawi's Groundnut Sector
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A new partnership between USAID and Pyxus Agriculture Malawi will jointly invest nearly $44.6 million, or approximately 50 billion Malawi Kwacha, to boost sustainable, inclusive, and resilient economic growth in Malawi.
Focus on the Climate Crisis in Somalia
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Climate change in Somalia is characterized by recurrent drought and regular flooding which leads to failed crops, loss of livestock and Somalia’s chronic food insecurity. Climate crises threaten Somalia’s socio-economic progress by increasing water and food scarcity, the need for humanitarian assistance, displacement and the degradation of traditional livelihoods.
Takulandirani Pamela Fessenden!
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At a ceremony at the USAID Mission in Malawi, Ambassador David Young administered the Oath of Office to Malawi’s new Mission Director, Pamela Fessenden. Ms. Fessenden assumed the role of USAID/Malawi Mission Director in August, 2023.
Helping the Community Access Quality Health Care Services
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Following an inter-community conflict in 2012, the Mahadougou village residents stopped going to the Zanferebougou community health center for health care services. The conflict arose after the town council and the community health association (ASACO) demanded the closing of a rural maternity hospital in Mahadougou, which did not meet the country's health policy standards.
Graduating from despair to self reliance
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Mary Imoit from Manyatta Zebra village in Ngaremara ward, Isiolo County, is a mother of two daughters: a four-year-old and a six-month-old. Her husband used to own livestock, but unfortunately the family lost all their animals in the recent prolonged drought.
Boys Help Girls Get Ahead in School in Central Mali
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In central Mali, boys are often unaware of the toll that societal demands make on girls – like doing household chores and early marriage. Through USAID/Mali’s Girls’ Leadership and Empowerment through Education activity (USAID GLEE), a mentoring program that focused on life skills, girls are exposed to information that will help them balance those demands. While the program was originally designed to benefit only girls, the boys at the school expressed an interest in participating because according to them they were curious and believe it would help them to be better husbands one day.
HIV prevention - how a USAID program helped three girls escape early marriage
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Desperate over the financial difficulties faced by her family,14 year-old Fatima was ready to compromise her future and get married. Fatima is from a farming village in Mozambique’s Sofala Province. Her father was ill and unable to work and her mother was in the last stage of pregnancy. Fortunately, Fatima’s mother heard of her daughter’s plan and took action. She sought help from the local primary prevention mentor from the Mwanasana (“Healthy Child”) project, a USAID-supported activity designed to protect girls from early marriage.
Mali Strengthens Surveillance of Medical Products
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In Mali, maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world and malaria is a leading cause of death, disproportionately affecting young children and pregnant women. Access to quality-assured medical products is critical to reversing these trends and saving lives. Mali has taken important steps in recent years to ensure the quality of medical products circulating in country, including recalling products that were found to be substandard or falsified (SF), enforcing recalls, and closely monitoring progress to fortify the regulatory systems that oversee the importation of medical products.
From Home to Health Centers: Prioritizing Safe and Supported Deliveries
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At 67 years old, Soungoura Sogoba has dedicated more than a decade of her life helping women deliver their babies as a traditional birth attendant in the village of Samakélé-Bogoro, in the San health district of Mali. Despite having access to antenatal care at a health center in the area, many pregnant women give birth at home. Sogoba delivers around 90% of home births in the village.
Promoting Gender Accountability in Small and Medium Enterprises in Rwanda
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Gender equality and inclusion in the workplace is not only good for business, but also helps advance economic growth and reduces poverty. In Rwanda, small and medium enterprises (SMEs)account for 98 percent of private companies, making them drivers of economic growth and job creation.
Breaking Barriers and Turning Dreams into Realities in Malawi
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In Blantyre, Pauline Chatsira smiled brightly for a photo she will never forget. On Friday, August 11, 2023, in front of hundreds of graduates, teachers, supporters, family members, and friends; she beamed as she held her certificate from the Siyakha vocational training program.
From Onhuno Village with Love
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For Namibians living with chronic illnesses, like HIV, making sure that the correct medicines are available at the correct health facilities is critical to successful treatment and care. Dedicated warehousing, transportation and information technology (IT) professionals make it possible for patients to receive their medication when they need them.
From Onhuno Village with Love
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For Namibians living with chronic illnesses, like HIV, making sure that the correct medicines are available at the correct health facilities is critical to successful treatment and care. Dedicated warehousing, transportation and information technology (IT) professionals make it possible for patients to receive their medication when they need them.
It Takes a Village! How Adults in a Hard-to-Reach District in Uganda Embraced the COVID-19 Vaccine
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With USAID support, Bududa District overcame varied challenges and vaccinated most of its adult population
Sugu Yiriwa facilitates the sale of 2,500 tons of Millet
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Since 1984, Sidiki Badian, a businessman from Koutiala, Mali, has sold cereal products for a living—a job he inherited from his father who was also a grain salesman. At first, his business model consisted of buying cereal during rural market days and reselling it for a profit in cities. He found opportunities to expand when he began collaborating with international development organizations in 2004.