According to USAID — The United States announced nearly $139 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the Yemen crisis. 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 […]
According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it is providing nearly $68 million for emergency food assistance, to reach approximately 2.5 million Sudanese as well as refugees from South Sudan and other neighboring states. This assistance will be delivered through the World Food Program, which will help address the complex emergency arising from […]
Humanitarians and Private Security Companies: Time for Dialogue By Jean S. Renouf — WELL AHEAD OF his time, Jean Marguin wrote, as early as 2000, “It is not out of the question to believe that the armed defence of most countries in the world, the missions of collective security entrusted to international organizations and the protection of NGOs’ humanitarian operations […]
According to the The U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID/ASHA) — announced $23 million in funding to U.S. organizations and their overseas partners to support construction projects and to purchase equipment for 15 hospitals and clinics, 6 secondary schools, 16 universities, and 1 library. "We received a record […]
According to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — Tetra Tech, Inc. was awarded the Company a five-year, $46 million single-award task order under Tetra Tech’s existing Rule of Law contract to support continued improvement of government and social systems in Jordan. “As we continue to grow our international development efforts, Tetra Tech is pleased […]