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The goal behind our Agency’s new emphasis on resilience is to change the basic concept of humanitarian assistance so that even as we save lives, we help communities move out of a state of chronic vulnerability.
Dr. Rajiv Shah
USAID program to help Himalayan nation manage the risk of glacial floods calls on top mountain scientists from the Andes and beyond.
Nora Ferm and Jonathan Cook
In the face of recurring food insecurity and acute malnutrition, USAID is promoting the cultivation of hardy, vitamin-packed moringa as one way to build resilience in communities in the drought-prone Sahel.
Helen Ho
To Americans, peanuts are part of the typical diet—long a key ingredient in children’s school lunches. But to women farmers in Niger, peanuts are a lifeline.
Jessica Hartl and Kara Cherniga
The Horn of Africa’s first livestock insurance scheme is protecting drought-prone pastoralists against climate’s cruel whims.
Nora Ferm
In the drought-prone Sahel, USAID trains extension agents to share conservation farming techniques with village cultivators, allowing them to thrive where hardship is the norm.
Zack Taylor
