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On April 25, Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall over Mozambique’s Quissanga district, Cabo Delgado Province, with winds estimated at 140 miles per hour. As of April 30, Tropical Cyclone Kenneth had caused at least 41 deaths and affected approximately 190,000 people in the country’s Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, according to the UN. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique Dennis W. Hearne declared a disaster due to the effects of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique. In response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in Mozambique is conducting assessments and supporting response activities in coordination with the Government of Mozambique (GRM) and humanitarian partners.
USAID’s Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) Strategy, announced in December 2018, provides guiding principles for partnering and procurement that will support the Journey to Self-Reliance by meeting individual countries on their own terms and by empowering USAID’s partners to produce results-driven solutions. Building on the many creative and entrepreneurial approaches we are developing, the Agency is moving beyond our traditional partnering approaches toward greater collaboration, co-design, and co-financing.
The New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) will help operationalize this vision and catalyze new approaches outlined in the USAID A&A Strategy and the broad priorities of the forthcoming implementation plan for Effective Partnering and Procurement Reform (EPPR) under the Agency’s Transformation. NPI also builds on USAID’s Policy Framework announced by Administrator Green on April 11, 2019. The focus of all of these efforts is on helping governments, civil society, and the private sector make progress on the Journey to Self-Reliance, achieve sustainable and resilient results, and create more-effective partnerships for impact. Under the Administrator’s direction, USAID is placing a new emphasis on adaptive partnering (designing, procuring, and managing awards).
USAID announces more than $6.8 million in additional funding for the Tropical Cyclone Idai response. Health actors report more than 6,600 cholera cases; daily number of new cholera cases continues to decline.
USAID’s Sustaining Health Outcomes Through the Private Sector Plus Activity is USAID’s flagship initiative which supports the Government of Nepal’s goal of increasing access to and use of family planning, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health products. The five-year (March 2016 – September 2020), $5 million, activity seeks to improve health outcomes by harnessing the full potential of the private sector and catalyzing lasting public-private engagement.
CGCS invests in labor-intensive urban clean-up, repair, beautification, and basic solid-waste management activities. CGCS improves the well-being of citizens and urban environmental quality, increases trust between citizens and municipalities, and strengthens government legitimacy. It also provides an economic stimulus to some of the poorest households in partner municipalities.
USAID partner WFP reaches more than 1 million people in Mozambique with food and nutrition assistance. Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa launches $614 million appeal to fund recovery activities. Road access in Malawi improves, while authorities continue to repair key infrastructure used for the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
More than 63,300 people displaced by fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) elements in Dayr az Zawr Governorate arrived at Al Hasakah Governorate’s Al Hol camp from December 4–March 31, bringing the camp’s total population to more than 73,000 people, according to the UN. Many individuals arrived at the camp in poor health; nearly 210 people had died while transiting to Al Hol or shortly after arriving at the camp as of March 21, the UN reports.
On April 10, U.S. Vice President Michael R. Pence announced nearly $61 million in additional U.S. Government (USG) assistance in response to the Venezuela regional crisis. The assistance includes $13.3 million from USAID/OFDA, $16.2 million from USAID/FFP, and $31.4 million from State/PRM to address needs throughout the region. Vice President Pence made the announcement during a convening of the UN Security Council to discuss the worsening humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
The Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) will build a global network of university researchers to provide USAID with rapid, on- demand expertise across all sectors and geographic areas.
LASER engages universities in co-created, long-term (typically 1 year or more), technical and research assistance with USAID Missions, Bureaus, and Independent Offices (M/B/IOs) as they seek to solve their most pressing development challenges.
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