This edition of eJournal USA describes how U.S. foreign aid — directed through government and faith-based organizations, through individuals, businesses, and a multiplicity of partnerships — has developed, how it fits into foreign affairs, and how it is related to advancing altruistic objectives.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for a new "transformational diplomacy," one in which assistance to other peoples and nations plays a prominent role.
Private capital plays an increasingly important role in assisting the world’s poor and in spurring development.
An award-winning chemistry professor works to ensure that needy communities around the world benefit from his invention, a device that removes arsenic from well water.
Members of the Ethiopian diaspora in the United States have created a foundation to support health care in Ethiopia.
An American mountain climber, whose life was saved by villagers in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains, is building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department describes the range of U.S. foreign assistance.
A U.S. Navy hospital ship provides medical care for people in the Caribbean and Central America.
The director of the Peace Corps discusses how the organization has changed to meet the needs of a changing world.
Paul Collier, the author of "The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It" explains and critiques aid distribution models.
The International Fund for Refugee Women and Children is a partnership between the U.S. government and the private sector.
A U.S. Air Force Base in Kyrgyzstan helps children with defective hearts.
Members of a small, rural church in Virginia build relationships as they construct stoves and houses in the highlands of Guatemala.
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