USAID Weekly
ISSUE III • JULY 31
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Confirmation Hearing for USAID Administrator
 WASHINGTON – The Acting Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Henrietta H. Fore, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing for the position as Administrator of the agency. Acting Administrator Fore was nominated in May, 2007.
At the present time, she is also serving as the Acting Director of Foreign Assistance and the Undersecretary for Management at the U.S. State Department. Previously, she also served as the Director of the U.S. Mint in the Department of Treasury from 2001 to 2005 and as an Assistant Administrator with USAID from 1989 to 1993, first as the Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise and then as the Assistant Administrator for Asia.
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USAID Announces Additional Emergency Food Aid for Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it is delivering an additional 47,400 metric tons (MT) of food assistance to Zimbabwe. This donation will be distributed through the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the NGO Consortium for the Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE).
This additional tonnage from USAID will bring the total fiscal year 2007 U.S. food assistance to Zimbabwe to 143,270 metric tons, valued at approximately $145 million -- meeting approximately one-third of the assessed food emergency needs through the country's next harvest in March of 2008.
The cornmeal, bulgur wheat, oil and beans provided by the U.S. Government will be distributed freely, based on need, to those Zimbabweans who are unable to provide food for themselves and their families. This new contribution of 47,400 MTs of food is enough to feed over half-a-million people for a full six months. (Source)
USAID World News
In The News
New USAID Mission Director for Central Asian Republics
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Deputy Administrator James Kunder swore in William M. Frej today as the new mission director for the Central Asian Republic regional office. …
USAID Funds Caribbean Training Course in Seismology and Tsunami Warnings
USAID awarded the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Unit (SRU) a $250,000 grant for several activities, including a Caribbean training course in seismology and tsunami warnings…
Telling Our Story
Small Fruit Producers in Brazil Get Access to Export Markets
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Photo: Luiz Claudio Marigo |
“Because of USAID, we now have direct contact with American buyers. USAID has opened a new door for us,” says Ivan Saiki, manager of a Brazilian farm cooperative.”
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