USAID: Following The Money - House Oversight Committee - 2011-05-11 - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations. Witnesses: The Honorable Rajiv Shah, Administrator, US Agency for International Development; The Honorable Donald Gambatesa, Inspector General, US Agency for International Development. Video provided by US House of Representatives
USAID, the American aid agency, has started operating in the Afghan city of Herat after years of widespread unrest subsided there. Now that the Taliban's presence has dropped sharply in the city and stability has risen, USAID has implemented various development projects to revamp its roads, irrigation system and food production. Bernard Smith reports from Herat.
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www.presstv.com The topic of this edition of the show is US aid and whether it is a poison chalice. The American author and political commentator, Carol Gould sees US aid as a force for good and sees nothing wrong in American companies benefiting from US aid deals. Omowale Rupert from the Pan-Afrikan Society is suspicious about any gifts from the US and sees US aid as another extension of imperialism. Member of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Atif Ali Shah also sees aid as dependency.
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Radiohead, one of the world's top bands, has joined the MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign, a partnership between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and MTV to raise awareness about human trafficking. The collaboration takes the Asia MTV EXIT campaign to a global audience, reaching as many as 560 million households worldwide. "Radiohead is taking MTV EXIT to a new level and expanding the Asia campaign, which is on air, online and on the ground," said Olivier Carduner, USAID's Regional Mission Director for Asia. As part of this effort, Radiohead is releasing a music video on MTV tomorrow (May 1) to the track All I Need, from its album In Rainbows. Filmed by Oscar-winning cinematographer John Seale ("The English Patient") and award-winning director Steve Rogers, the video depicts a day in the life of both an affluent youngster and a child making shoes in a sweatshop, sending a message that everyone plays a role in trafficking and exploitation. Radiohead is also inviting anti-trafficking organizations to distribute information about human trafficking at their upcoming concert tour through North America, Europe and Asia. "It is cool that MTV is taking on this issue. The video is a powerful piece, and I hope that the emotion of the song will jump out at people in the context of these images of exploitation," said Radiohead's Thom Yorke. MTV is looking for innovative ways to present important issues such as human trafficking to its audience <b>...</b>
As USAID marks its fiftieth anniversary, Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg sits down with CFR's Isobel Coleman to discuss the challenges the organization faces. Results have become ever more important as the organization struggles in an environment of constrained budgets, Steinberg says. "It's not enough anymore to be going out and trying to encourage inputs or outputs. We have to demonstrate that we are achieving outcomes, that we are encouraging sustainability of development, that, basically, what we are trying to do is put ourselves out of business." www.cfr.org
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Former Secretary Gates congratulates USAID on its 50th Anniversary and reaffirms his support for USAID and how development programs support our national security and contribute to our economic future.
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At a March 25 Town Hall meeting at the US Embassy in Tokyo, USAID's William Berger discusses how to prepare for earthquakes, and how to respond and react in case an earthquake strikes.
NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote the search for scientific and technological solutions to worldwide problems. This formal signing ceremony took place at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on April 25.
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blog.usaid.gov - Science, technology, and innovation are core to USAID's work around the globe and are a critical component of our development agenda. This video details our innovative and high-impact approach to the use of science and technology in promoting health, economic development, agriculture, and other USAID projects worldwide. This video debuted at USAID's "Transforming Development through Science, Technology, and Innovation" conference held July 13 - 14, 2010.
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Securing Kenya's future is closely linked to strengthening its public health. In recognition of USAID's 50th anniversary of partnership with Kenya, this video provides an overview of how USAID has provided assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic, control malaria, and provide access to voluntary family planning.
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2011 - Friday Times Editor-in-Chief Najam Sethi explains why many Pakistanis see a potential cutoff in US aid as an empty threat. (1 min., 58 sec.) Source: asiasociety.org
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DemocracyNow.org - Up to 50 Americans are set to sail from a Greek port on a US-flagged ship that is part of an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and letters of support for Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinian residents. Its fate is now in limbo under the weight of US-Israeli pressure and Greece's economic turmoil. Israel insists it will enforce its blockade on Gaza, which it says is aimed at stopping weapons from reaching the Hamas government. "The Israelis have a right to interdict arms traffic. We are bearing letters," says Ray McGovern, former Senior CIA analyst and passenger on the US aid ship. "How can these letters be considered a threat to security of Israel?" Democracy Now! producer Aaron Maté and Hany Massoud is in Athens to cover the journey of The Audacity of Hope, named after President Obama's best-selling book. He is the only journalist with the US delegation, and files this exclusive report. To download the podcast, read the transcript, and for all of Democracy Now!'s reports on the 2010 and 2011 humanitarian aid flotilla sailing for Gaza, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
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awaz.tv Pakistan's Imran Khan on why he thinks Pakistan shouldn't accept US aid. Opposition leader Imram Khan says Pakistan is vulnerable to terrorism because it is thought of as America's "puppet."
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a USAID-funded program promotes alternative technologies for lower cost water infrastructure in rural Senegal.
As part of its Mango Program, USAID has provided state-of-the art equipment to 13 mango farms across Sindh and Punjab on a cost share basis. This equipment includes complete mango processing lines with hot water treatment, blast chiller and cold storage units, and other essentials. Simultaneously, USAID has also conducted training sessions in Sindh and Punjab to help farm owners, managers, and workers learn how to install, operate, and maintain this equipment. Other important aspects of trainings included GLOBALG.AP protocols for maintaining personnel and equipment hygiene, food safety measures, and correct methods of mango post-harvest handling, processing, packaging, storage, and transportation to markets (domestic and international). All this is part of a larger program to help Pakistani mangoes meet the international quality standards and productivity requirements for high-volume exports to international markets.
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Public Service Announcement created for the Lebanese market describing the US aid program in Lebanon.
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The USAID Plastic Recycling Project was initiated in 2005. One of the Projects major goals is to create an effective, economically valuable and sustainable system for the collection, separation and recycling of plastic PET waste. A few years ago, illegal dump sites and scattered plastic bottles were regular scenery throughout Macedonia—in the capital, along main roads, and even at tourist locations. This desperate situation could only by changed through the commitment and engagement of local governments, public utility companies, NGOs and citizens. Through the Projects grant program, 24 municipalities purchased containers for the collection of PET plastic waste. Municipalities invested as well by providing locations for the containers named Ecological islands and by widely promoting the program. 8 companies were also awarded grants for start up, new equipment, and protective clothing needed for the collection, separation and recycling of plastic PET waste, thus creating thousands of new jobs. Public awareness campaigns under the motto Collect PET for a better world were a key element in promoting the concept of recycling. To reach the youngest generation, USAID provided funding for recycling clubs in 14 schools. Students participated in community clean-up activities, distributed collection bags for plastic waste to their neighbors, and found creative ways to promote the benefits of recycling. In 2008 and 2009, the USAID Plastic Recycling Project organized an International <b>...</b>
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Food and Agribusiness in Rural Markets: USAID assists the Government of the Republic of South Sudan in achieving its agricultural development and food security goals by improving agricultural productivity, increasing trade, and strengthening the capacity of the private and public sectors to support market-led agriculture. As the competitiveness of selected value chains improves, regional trade in agricultural commodities will flourish, facilitating further transformation of the agricultural sector, higher rural incomes, improved food security, and better economic opportunities for the poor.
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Despite an ever-growing economic crisis at home, US officials say foreign aid to Israel, Washington's staunch ally, will remain unaffected next year. The annual aid package of over $3 billion will remain intact under the 2012 State and Foreign Operations Act. This report takes a closer look at this story. www.presstv.ir
Over 13.3 million people are in crisis from Famine, War and Drought in the Horn of Africa. But there is hope. Uma Thurman, Josh Hartnett, Geena Davis, and Chanel Iman talk about what you can do to help. Text "Give" to 777444 to donate $10 and visit www.USAID.gov to be a part of the solution.
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The agriculture sector is one of the major consumers of electricity and groundwater in India. Inefficient water pumps used by farmers lead to the overuse and waste of two important resources: energy and water. USAID's Water Energy Nexus (WENEXA) project has worked to address this problem through a pilot program that replaces inefficient pumps with efficient ones and activities which result in the improvement of the groundwater table. Watch the video to learn more.
US Aid to Israel Movie clip from award-winning documentary film 'Occupation 101.' For more info or to purchase the DVD please visit: www.occupation101.com. A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets. The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy. Featured Interviews Occupation 101 features a leading list of some of the <b>...</b>
