How We Can End Modern Day Slavery
After decades of isolation, Burma is quickly becoming the place to be. Today, President Obama became the first U.S. sitting President to visit Burma and last Friday, multi Emmy-award winning singer songwriter Jason Mraz announced he will headline a historic MTV EXIT concert there on December 16th to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking.
Video: USAID at the UN General Assembly
Addressing Malnutrition – Turning Commitments into Action
Live at UNGA – Day Three
Building the Foundations for Sustainable Health Services
5 More Questions about the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Have a Coke and Some Life-Saving Medicine
The Journey Towards “Cash Light”
Around the world, 2.5 billion people lack access to formal financial services. As a result, most poor households live almost entirely in a cash economy. Read more >>
Designing Smartphones For Resource-Poor Women
Mobile phone use in the developing world is exploding, yet women are at risk of being left behind. On average, GSMA research shows women to be 21 per cent less likely than men to own a mobile phone in low- to middle-income countries. The resulting mobile phone gender gap represents as many as 300 million [...]
USAID Provides Training to Masons in Haiti
One hundred and fifty newly trained masons successfully graduated a joint USAID/KATA and CEMEX program. The public-private partnership between USAID/KATA and CEMEX, a building materials company, provided training to young people living in poor neighborhoods on how to create quality masonry blocks. Of 150 graduates, 75 of them are people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
