USAID [to 16 April 2016]
http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases
April 13, 2016
USAID Announces $30 Million Grand Challenge to Combat Zika and Future Disease Threats
Call for ideas now open; initial focus on improved tools to prevent and respond to Zika
Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Combating Zika and Future Threats: A Grand Challenge for Development, calling innovators around the world to submit groundbreaking ideas to enhance our ability to respond to the current Zika outbreak and generate cutting-edge technologies and approaches that better prepare the world to address the disease threats of tomorrow.
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April 12, 2016
USAID Awards $5 Million for New Ways to End Extreme Poverty
Eight Organizations Supported Through the Development Innovation Ventures Program
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) U.S. Global Development Lab has announced $5 million in new grants to eight organizations from around the world. The awards are funded through the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program, a year-round open competition that seeks innovative, breakthrough development solutions.
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April 7, 2016
USAID Joins Nespresso and TechnoServe to Support South Sudan’s Coffee Farmers
$3.18 million investment will accelerate development of the country’s coffee market
Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it will invest $3.18 million to strengthen efforts to rebuild the coffee industry in South Sudan and improve coffee farmer livelihoods.
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April 6, 2016
United States Announces Nearly $139 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Yemen
New aid helps address the ongoing humanitarian crisis
The United States announced nearly $139 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the Yemen crisis today. The contribution will help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable people in the Middle East’s poorest and most food insecure country. Since the beginning of the current conflict in March 2015, approximately 2.7 million Yemenis have been displaced and over 20 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian protection and assistance. The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) estimates that at least 6 million people in Yemen are currently in need of life-saving food assistance.