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USAID has supported peacebuilding along Kenya’s northern borders for over a decade. One current program enables residents of communities on either side of Kenya’s Uganda and Somalia borders to take peace into their own hands by carrying out projects for joint use, like schools and marketplaces.
On Dec. 27, 2007, Kenya’s incumbent president, Mwai Kibaki, was declared the winner of the presidential election. What followed next was a political, economic and humanitarian crisis.
Jefrey Karang'ae
Nearly 200,000 people in the country's arid south are learning how to make the best use of tough terrain and restore their communities.
Phyllis Craun-Selka
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
When the powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, resulting in more than 230,000 deaths and at least 300,000 injuries in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, communications infrastructure went critical.
John Boit
In Rwanda, community-wide conversation is the first step to healing deep social and economic wounds and helping the country towards peace and prosperity.
Heather Schommer and Betty Mutesi
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