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Saiful Islam lost everything. Now he works to keep others safe in a time of crisis in Bangladesh. Since 2014, the USAID/Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons activity has given more than 2,890 trafficking survivors a place to heal and start a new life. More than 25,260 migrants have learned about their rights, and almost 5,000 persons at risk of trafficking have been given the information they need to stay safe.
The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is supporting the Government of Senegal’s efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the run-up to Tabaski, or Feast of the Sacrifice, Senegal’s largest festival. USAID and the Dakar Medical Region have initiated an awareness caravan at 200 sheep sales points in four Dakar departments, targeting 10,000 brokers, sellers, and buyers. Five thousand masks will also be distributed and 3,000 posters promoting barrier gestures will be displayed at points of sale.
The United States is helping Sri Lankan apparel producers to export Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the United States. In partnership with the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), the program included two webinars for over 100 industry participants that prepared them to break into the U.S. market. The project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development and is implemented by Deloitte Consulting.
At the start of April, 57 percent of all businesses in Morocco shut down due to COVID-19 confinement – including 89 percent of firms in hospitality and food services, 76 percent in textile and leather and 60 percent in construction.* The impact on already disadvantaged communities and households was disastrous.
As the novel coronavirus spread through Danang City, Mai and three of her classmates from the Danang University of Technology gathered at their university’s USAID-supported Maker Innovation Space to discuss how they could leverage their creativity, diversity, and engineering know-how to protect their community from this deadly virus.
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