About USAID

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the official U.S. Government agency responsible for international cooperation through development assistance. USAID's history has its roots in the Marshall Plan in 1947 for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act into law which created USAID by Executive Order. Since then, USAID has been the principal U.S. Government agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.

USAID in Honduras is part of the U.S. Embassy and supports U.S. foreign policy by carrying out economic assistance to the people and Government of Honduras. USAID signed its first bilateral assistance agreement with the Government of Honduras in 1961, under President John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress.