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Manthati Phomane
01/25/2013

The Pusha Love Movement Arrives Promising Easy Tips to Stay Healthy and Achieve Success


 MASERU – After nine-months in the making, Pusha Love has arrived! A movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieving individual dreams, Pusha Love promises to change the way each of us thinks about...
U.S. Embassy Swaziland
01/23/2013

New Regional Partnership will bolster health systems to prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Southern and Eastern Africa, the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic - Swaziland first country to participate


Remarks by Ambassador Makila James, U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland (PDF) Remarks by Jeff Borns, Mission Director, USAID Southern Africa (PDF)
Agriculture
USAID
01/02/2013

USAID/Southern Africa Encourages Local Organizations to Apply for the Powering Agriculture Challenge.


 For more information: USAID’s Lynn Schneider | lschneider@usaid.gov | +27-12-452-2310 Awards Between $300,000 and $1,500,000 Available to Organizations That Can Offer Market-based, Clean Energy Solutions for...
River Basin
USAID
12/10/2012


USAID/Southern Africa signed a new $10.7 million cooperative agreement with the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) to increase resiliency in the Olifants Catchment in the Limpopo River Basin. Part of USAID...
Littleton Tazewell
USAID Southern Africa
09/11/2012

Remarks by USAID Deputy Mission Director for Regional Programs – Littleton Tazewell


 I am pleased to be here with colleagues from the World Customs Organization, Government Officials from around the region and beyond, plus our private sector partners. Before sharing my thoughts on the Trade...
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USAID
05/15/2012

A Water Secure Future for Southern Africa: Applying the Ecosystem Approach in the Orange-Senqu Basin


USAID/Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Development Grants Program (DGP), awarded 2 million USD to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to support the three-year project: A Water...
Ambassador Gips
02/17/2012


Johannesburg - Ten clean energy projects that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Africa by 287,000 metric tons annually were presented to investors in Johannesburg this week at the CTI PFAN African Forum for Clean...
USAID
11/03/2011

Statement by USAID-South Africa Director Jeffrey Borns on the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Agency for International Development


November 3rd marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s creation of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Whether it is vaccinating children against preventable diseases, improving...
Mission Newswire
10/24/2011


(MissionNewswire) More than 75 metric tons of food will be distributed by Salesian Missions and its Swaziland-based partner, Manzini Youth Care, through a grant recently awarded by the United States Agency for International...
Rajiv Shah
USAID
07/14/2011

Two Major Studies Demonstrating Effectiveness of PrEP in Preventing HIV


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