USAID [to 12 April 2014]
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Press Releases
USAID Shah, UN Amos, EU Georgieva: South Sudan on the Brink of Food Crisis
Friday, April 11, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos and EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva will co-host a press conference on Saturday, April 12, at the UN Foundation in Washington, D.C., to underscore the severity of the growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. The officials will also share information about new efforts to raise awareness about the crisis.

By Preparing for Disaster, Chile Remains Resilient
April 11, 2014 — Tim Callaghan, Senior Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck near the northern coast of Chile on April 1, prompting a tsunami and a series of strong aftershocks. Yet, nearly 1 million people were safely evacuated from harm’s way thanks to Chile’s disaster response preparations and early detection of the tsunami.

Serbia Plugs Into Cow Power
April 11, 2014 — Mirjana Vukša-Zavišić, Development Outreach and Communications Assistant, USAID/Serbia
With support from USAID’s Agribusiness Project, manure from the Lazar Dairy is being “digested” by Serbia’s first biogas plant and converted into electricity, which the dairy sells to the national electricity company, EPS, at a preferential rate applicable to renewable energy suppliers.