USAID’s efforts provide humanitarian assistance, reduce poverty, strengthen democratic governance, advance economic opportunities, and help achieve progress beyond programs. Our work benefits people around the world, including those in the United States.

USAID must establish its own identity as the ‘face’ of humanitar-ian and foreign assistance, striking a careful balance between ‘do-ing’ the humanitarian work to save lives and ‘telling’ the world about the contribution coming ‘From the American People.’

November 3, 2011 marked USAID's 50th Anniversary of providing U.S. foreign development assistance From the American People. Our workforce and USAID's culture continues to serve as a reflection of core American values--values that are rooted in a belief for doing the right thing.

WHAT IS CO-CREATION? WHY IS IT VALUABLE? Co-creation is an intentional design approach that is critical to USAID achieving many of its biggest objectives and priorities (see graphic below). vative, impactful, and locally-driven development programs. Co-creation is injecting new ideas i to USAID’s work and elevating the voices of nontr

Our Mission: On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.

USAID worked to restore the national fiber optic telecommunications network, repaired the telephone switching system in Baghdad, and restored international telecommunications capability.

This USAID Issue Brief on Environmental Defenders provides an introduction to the range of issues facing environmental defenders worldwide, followed by a discussion of key areas of engagement and donor support that demonstrate possible responses to protect the rights and well-being of environmental defenders.

The Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation (CMC) serves as USAID's primary point of contact with the Department of Defense, and leverages the unique capabilities of USAID and Department of Defense to achieve better development outcomes in pursuit of …

When countries have the commitment to move forward economically, USAID programs can provide the needed capital, technology, ideas, and know-how to assist them. USAID is both from the American people and for the American people.

SL and essential newborn care. Training sessions use manneq ins and QAP produced job aids. EONC indicators tracked in the collaborative reflect current USAID core maternal and newborn …