Tim Callaghan, Director Regional de la Oficina de Asistencia Humanitaria de USAID para América Latina y el Caribe, ha liderado numerosas respuestas a huracanes para la agencia, incluyendo los huracanes Iota y Eta en el 2020 y el huracán Dorian en el 2019. …

How USAID is keeping focus on responding to rising humanitarian needs across the globe — By Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance As the war in Ukraine continues to dominate the 24-hour news cycle, we cannot lose sight of other major crises around the world — from conflict in Yemen to drought in the Horn of Africa. We must…

On February 24, 2022, USAID immediately deployed an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to address growing needs stemming from Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war on Ukraine. — The DART, made up of more than 30 disaster experts from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, has worked in five countries to lead the U.S. humanitarian response to the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. …

In December 2021, Super Typhoon Rai struck the Philippines, affecting nearly 12 million people. USAID and our partners responded by providing logistics, shelter and food support as well as other emergency relief supplies. Joe Curry, Regional Advisor for the Pacific with USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, takes us on his recent trip to the affected areas to get an update on how our programs are saving lives.

As the largest conflict in Europe since World War II broke out on February 24, 2022, USAID immediately deployed an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team to address growing needs stemming from Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war on Ukraine. — The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), made up of more than 25 disaster experts working in five countries, is leading the U.S. humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine, working in close coordination with European allies and humanitarian partners who have been on the front lines of these efforts…

Violence and war forced them to flee their homes, their country, and everything they knew. Now, a new training program supported by USAID is giving refugees in Djibouti a new skill set and hope for a better future. — Mahad Ali Nour was a teenager when the war in Somalia reached his family’s home in the country’s capital city of Mogadishu. He fled with his family to Djibouti and eventually arrived at the Ali Addeh refugee settlement in Djibouiti’s Ali Sabieh region, where became one of Djibouti’s approximately 34,000…

When the Government of Afghanistan collapsed, Vicki Aken, the International Rescue Committee’s country director in Afghanistan, was in Kabul. As the situation unfolded, her team moved quickly to restart and adapt programs and to ensure that all staff, including women, were able to continue their work. USAID spoke with her about what it’s like in Afghanistan now, what’s changed, and what the priorities are for humanitarian aid.

Двадцять четвертого лютого 2022 року російські війська здійснили неспровоковане вторгнення на територію України. Українці вже майже вісім років перебувають у середовищі конфлікту, тож на сьогодні 2,9 млн. із них потребують термінової гуманітарної допомоги. —

On February 24th, Russian military forces conducted an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The people of Ukraine have been caught in the middle of conflict for nearly 8 years, and there are currently 2.9 million in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. —