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- Great news! The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) is a finalist for an Innovation By Design Award by Fast Company! Timed mobile health messages include tips on everything from proper nutrition, how to keep the baby warm after birth, and breastfeeding. Learn more about how MAMA provides vital health information to millions of moms in 35 countries from Afghanistan to Zambia via mobile phones: mobilemamaalliance.org
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- Photo of the Week: Teaching the Kangaroo care method of caring for a newborn in Paraguay.
Learn more about our work in Maternal and Child Health at http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/global-health - Are you in DC this Friday? Join us in the USAID Innovation Lab for a "Hackathon for Hunger"
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USAID is back in Burma after 24 years! We're staffing up our team, and looking for a communications officer for our Mission in Burma. Click to apply: http://ow.ly/dDqCt
http://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work/asia/burma - With USAID support, the income of plastic waste collectors in Macedonia, like Jusuf, has increased by 28%.
- This week's Mission of the Week is USAID Macedonia! What have you always wanted to know about our work in Macedonia?
- Fall Semester (3 photos)USAID has a long tradition of engagement with universities, colleges, research institutes and other institutes of higher education. As part of an effort to expand this tradition, Administrator Shah is visiting universities and attending eve...nts across the country to discuss solutions to the biggest challenges in international development with students, researchers, faculty and their partners. Learn more at http://www.usaid.gov/fallsemester.See More
- WATCH LIVE NOW: Administrator Shah speaks at Mississippi State University’s conference, “Technology Implementation at the Local Level: Food Security for the Future.” Click to watch:
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Three-quarters of Yemen's population is under the age of 25. That's why USAID is helping the government improve teaching practices in primary schools.
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USAID has a Newsletter published every two weeks- new edition out today! Read the latest edition, and learn about what we've been up to... - LIVE NOW: Watch a live stream of our International Literacy Day celebration! Event will feature Administrator Shah, Laura W. Bush, Hugh Jackman, and many more! Join the chatter on Twitter using @USAID and #IntLitDay
- Today is International Literacy Day! How old were you when you learned to read?
- "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."- Albert Einstein
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Our Africa Bureau at headquarters in Washington DC is looking for a program specialist, click to apply: - Administrator Shah speaks to the children of Syrian refugees during his visit to the Za'atri refugee camp yesterday. Read more: http://ow.ly/duAFk
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In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, 10 million drop out of school each year. - Administrator Shah just announced an additional $21 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict in Syria, bringing the total of US Government assistance to $100 million
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Read, Learn, Share: Literacy plays a tremendous role in future success - USAID Adminstrator, Rajiv Shah, on the sidelines of a meeting at the Yemen Donor Conference earlier today, at Conferences' Palace in Riyadh.
Read about what USAID is already doing in Yemen:http://ow.ly/ds3ys - This week, USAID Administrator Shah is in Riyadh for the Yemen Donor's Conference. What do you think Yemen's greatest needs are now?
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A child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past age 5.
Photo Credit: USAID Philippines - USAID helps promote efficient water use in agriculture, business and peoples homes.
What are some of the things that you do to help save water? - Helping provide Tanzanians local capital they need to grow their businesses, provide for their families and develop an economy that is supported entirely by the local community.
- Literacy Drives Success, check out this fact sheet from All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development to read more about how education can enable progress, save lives, ensure financial stability, and expand economies.
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Madrasah students in Malapatan, Sarangani received dictionaries and other learning materials from USAID and partners National Book Store Foundation and Brother’s Brother Foundation. Photo Credit: USAID/Philippines - Did you know?
In many countries, children have to travel several miles to gain access to clean drinking water.
Photo credit: USAID Pakistan - By the end of this year, more than 7.6 million children will die worldwide before reaching their fifth birthday. As a mother and a policymaker, I find this not just heartbreaking, but intolerable. Yet despite this staggering statistic, we a...re fortunate that the world has seen major breakthroughs in our ability to save children’s lives. Thanks to advances in technology, knowledge and expansion of health programs, as well as the leadership of countries such as India, today it is possible to eliminate preventable child death.See More
- U.S. Embassy India hosts child survival event today in Delhi. Great to see Child Survival Call to Action continue!
- Are you in Washington DC? Join us on Friday, September 7 at USAID headquarters for International Literacy Day. Hear from the USAID Administrator, Elmo, Hugh Jackman, Laura W. Bush, World Vision USA, and so many more! RSVP Now:
- 2013 is the year of water cooperation!
Just Launched at World Water Week in Stockholm: - Did you know?
2 million children die every year from preventable diarrheal disease caused by poor water quality. - Emilia Pires, finance minister of Timor-Leste, writes about the challenges of rebuilding a war-torn nation. Read More:
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Timor-Leste’s success, becoming one of the top-10 fastest-growing economies in the world, can be attributed partially to a nationwide commitment to fighting poverty. - What global success stories inspire you?
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