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Twenty Somali Women Beat Odds and Graduate from College.
Photo: Artist: Michele Shortley
A book cover in English and Somali languages. In War-Torn Somalia, Children’s Books Provide Outlets for Creative Provide Outlets for Creative Thinking.
Photo: Education Development Center (EDC)
The Somali Reader Series in action. In War-Torn Somalia, Children’s Books Provide Outlets for Creative Provide Outlets for Creative Thinking.
Photo: Mercy Corps
The water flows again for a Somaliland Community!
Photo: Pact Inc.
Scene from a workshop on promoting peace through African female leadership.
Photo: Pact Inc.
Scene from a workshop on promoting peace through African female Leadership.
Photo: Mercy Corps
Above: A rejuvenated Biyo Dhacay Primary School
Photo: Mercy Corps
Above: The old school in a decrepit state
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USAID funded Hammar Jab Jab school in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Photo: USAID
Cattle vaccination in Borana.
Photo: RATES
Kip Langat, Executive Director of ESADA exchanging MOUs with Amb. Onen of the EAC.
Photo: U.S. Embassy, Kenya
Mission Directors (front row center) from USAID Ethiopia, East Africa and Kenya with participants from Women’s Regional gathering.
Photo: WFP – Peter Smerdon
WFP food distribution in El Berde, Bakool region, Somalia.
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Participants gather at the Vehicle Overload Control Workshop in July.
Photo: Janet Bland
Somali journalists with Cheryl Anderson, USAID/EA Mission Director, and Maura Barry, Somalia Program Manager, at the April 2008 graduation ceremony. USAID's Civil Society and Media in Transition program provided training for 19 Somali fellowship students at the prestigious Kenya Institute of Mass Communications.
Photo: Janet Bland
Somali journalists with representatives from USAID/EA, CARE and KIMC at the April 2008 graduation ceremony. USAID's Civil Society and Media in Transition program provided training for 19 Somali fellowship students at the prestigious Kenya Institute of Mass Communications.
Photo: Janet Bland
Through its Civil Society and Media in Transition program, USAID provided training to 19 Somali fellowship students, including ten women, at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communications.
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Somalis at a Gender Training session in Burao. USAID provides assistance to help increase the participation of women in political processes.
Photo: EDC
Having fled with their families from the fighting in Mogadishu, children attend classes under trees, benefitting from USAID supported interactive radio programs.
Photo: EDC
Children at IDP camps southwest of Mogadishu take part in interactive radio instruction implemented by EDC and supported by USAID.
Photo: EDC
Adults and youth in Burtinle, in the Puntland State of Somalia, learn to read, write and calculate through USAID-sponsored radio programs.
Photo: EDC
Students participate in EDC's USAID-funded Somalia Interactive Radio Instruction Program. The distance learning tool uses songs, drama and games to engage both students and teachers in the classroom while improving the quality of learning.
Photo: WFP
Bags of food are offloaded on the beach in Somalia. Since September 2007 the U.S. government has provided over $53 million in food aid to the people of Somalia.
Photo: CARE
Women journalists participate in a USAID-sponsored media training workshop in Mogadishu. USAID, working with its implementing partners, has helped to train 487 journalists in advocating for peace and good governance.
Photo: FFP
Food For Peace beneficiaries line up for food assistance. In Somalia, USG humanitarian assistance is provided through UN agencies and NGOs.
Photo: FFP
Children wait for food distribution in Mogadishu, Somalia. Households in many parts of Somalia are now extremely food insecure.
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Ambassador Ranneberger with the team from Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI).
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Participants gather at the Practical Peace Conference in October. USAID works to promote durable peace and security among cross-border pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa.
Photo: Janet Bland
Photo: Janet Bland
Ambassador Ranneberger and H.E. Ali Abdullah Osoble, Minister of Planning and Statistics, speak at the signing of the $3.9 million Social Service Delivery agreement.
Photo: Janet Bland
Ambassador Michael Ranneberger, UNICEF Representatives and Ministers from the Somalia Transitional Federal Government witness the signing of a $3.9 million agreement to support social service delivery in southern Somalia.
Photo: Janet Bland
Pastoralists from Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia sell their livestock at the regional Peace Market in Mandera.
Photo: Janet Bland
Pastoralists from Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia buy and sell livestock at the Peace Market in Mandera, Kenya. Community-based committees at the market help to resolve conflict disputes.
Photo: Janet Bland
Women share a friendly conversation at the Peace Market in Mandera, Kenya. Part of the Cross-Border Peace Initiative, the market was established to help develop practical problem-solving partnerships between cross-border communities from Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
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CEWARN's focus is on cross-border pastoral conflicts. It is currently operational in two pilot areas: the Karamoja Cluster, situated on the borders of Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya, and the Somali cluster on the Ethiopian, Kenyan and Somali borders.
Photo: DAI
Somali/Kenya Peace Dialogues held in El Wak, Somalia help lay the foundation for building trust and relationships.
Photo: DAI
A Senior Advisor meets with the Livestock Management Committee. USAID initiatives established the committee to help ensure equal access to the livestock market in the cross-border area of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Photo: DAI
Peace Co-ordinators follow the elder's discussions on peace in Mandera (Kenya) and Gedo (Somalia).
Photo: DAI
Returnees to El Wak, Somalia following the Peace Agreement. USAID initiatives are helping to build trust between communities in the region.
Photo: USAID
When schools are closed due to fighting in Mogadishu, Njamu is able to make progress in reading, math, and life skills thanks to USAID-sponsored distance learning on the radio.