USAID Weekly
ISSUE XII • October 10
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Celebrating Compassion
and Equality
Remarks by Henrietta H. Fore
Acting USAID Administrator and Acting Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance at the USAID Annual Iftaar Dinner
October 4, 2007
 As I look across the room tonight I see individuals, both men and women, who are prominent in academia, government, faith-based institutions, the arts, and civil society. Our guest of honor, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, the President of the Islamic Society of North America, is one such woman. But I also want to recognize the other women in the room who are making changes in their societies, both here and abroad. And, I want to recognize the mothers here, for the example you are setting for your children is planting the seeds of good deeds for the next generation.
(Full speech) (Press release)
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Malaria Communities Program Grant Recipients
 In June 2005, President Bush launched the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and pledged to increase U.S. malaria funding by more than $1.2 billion over five years to reduce deaths due to malaria by 50 percent in 15 African countries. PMI is a collaborative U.S. Government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As part of PMI, the Malaria Communities Program (MCP) will help extend the coverage of malaria prevention and control activities in communities most affected by malaria, with specific attention on children under age five and women who are pregnant. MCP focuses on enabling communities and indigenous organizations that are new to partnering with the U.S. Government in their efforts to combat malaria in Africa. (Full fact sheet)
USAID World News
In The News
USAID Announces First Malaria Communities
Program Grants USAID announced the first five
organizations to receive grants under the Malaria
Communities Program (MCP). These organizations will
receive a total of nearly $7 million to help extend the coverage
of malaria prevention and control activities in communities
most affected by malaria… (more)
USAID Amends Notice of Public Information
Collection USAID pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act,
has republished and amended its notice of public information collection, originally issued on July 23, 2007. Comments on this notice are due on or before December 3, 2007. The notice
includes a revised Partner Information Form, intended to be used, initially, by USAID's Mission for West Bank and Gaza in
the evaluation and review process related to contracts, grants
and other assistance… (more)
Telling Our Story
Community Swaps Trash Dump for Park in Senegal
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Photo: USAID/Richard Nyberg |
“Young people used to take
drugs here, but
now with a business open and a park with
benches, people can now meet in a clean environment
eat in peace
and talk,” said
Pape Mesta
Anne, a local
government
official.
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