On the International Day for the Conservation of Mangroves, we introduce you to this remarkable tree and show you how it has helped one Indonesian community stand up to Mother Nature.
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JUSTINE'S FRESH START
USAID is reducing the amount of women living with fistula in Uganda. They are also helping them become more empowered and reintegrate back into their communities. These fistula survivors are now raising awareness among the women in their villages.
Read MoreMEET JAKARTA'S "MOSQUITO LADIES"
On World Mosquito Day, we introduce you to a group of women warriors who are battling dengue in Indonesia… and winning!
Read MoreNEBSON'S TREES
Partnering with communities to sustainably grow and manage Malawi’s forests.
Read MoreSAVING MALAWI'S FISH
Helping communities to sustainably manage Malawi’s fishing resource.
Read MoreMALAWI'S FIGHT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV
USAID is working to reach high-risk populations (including fishermen) where they live and work, with coordinated interventions to reduce the number of new infections and link HIV+ patients to treatment.
Read MoreDREAMS for Maggie
Life beyond HIV.
Read MoreSAVING SABIR
Curing child tuberculosis in Bangladesh.
Read MoreSHANTA'S SMILING SUN
A paramedic's quest to deliver healthy babies in Bangladesh
Read MoreMAMATA'S FUTURE
If you invest in your soil, it will grow.
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Improving health information systems in Liberia.
Read MorePriyanka's Tipping Point
Most girls in Priyanka’s home district are forced to marry before their 18th birthdays, some as young as 7 or 8. Many poor marginalized Dalits are under intense pressure from neighbors and family to marry children young. Priyanka is a young woman who was a participant in a program called Chunauti—a child-marriage prevention project implemented by CARE and funded by USAID. Through the program, which provided the families of 220 girls with various forms of financial aid, Priyanka’s family received a deposit of 18,000 Nepali rupees (roughly $180) into a bank account for the family. The money would not be accessible until Priyanka turned 18 and only if she remained unmarried until then. Now 18, she is graduating from secondary school and actually works as a Social Mobilizer for CARE’s Tipping Point program. Given the proposed U.S. federal assistance budget cuts, Priyanka personifies the kind of lasting impact that can be realized from USG-funded work.
Location: Nepal
Client: CARE
Project: Tipping Point
Funder: USAID
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
SAJEDA'S BLOOMING BUSINESS
When more women work, economies grow.
Read MoreEDUCATING TOMORROW'S MOTHERS
Only an educated mother can create a well-educated nation.
Read MoreWILFRED'S LEAP OF FAITH
A Malawian farmer builds an irrigation system for his community.
Read MoreFISHING FOR FORTUNE
Feeding families for a lifetime in Bangladesh.
Read MoreTWICE THE RICE
Helping farmers in Bangladesh dream big.
Read MoreLIVING IN HARMONY WITH RISK
When there is a tsunami, information people receive in the first five minutes can save lives.
Read MoreELIZABETH TURNS ON THE LIGHT
How electricity and opportunity are transforming a tribal village in Tanzania.
Read MoreAN UNSPEAKABLE ACT. A HEROIC SURVIVOR.
When a childhood is robbed by sexual violence, how does one Congolese family recover?
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