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Women and children are most burdened by conflicts arising from scarcity of water resources. By protecting Alakara Shallow Well in Isiolo County, USAID ensured availability of water for communities and their livestock thereby reducing conflict and enhancing peaceful co-existence among communities living in Isiolo County.

Donkeys Transport Water.  Women work together to tie jerry cans full of water onto a donkey. Rurujis, Somali Region, Ethiopia.

Development of the new Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement near Kakuma Camp in Turkana County An aerial view of a section of Kakuma Refugee Camp. Kenya is home to 500,000 refugees, the majority fleeing conflict in Somalia and South Sudan. Kenya hosts the second largest refugee population in Africa, after Ethiopia. In Kenya, refugees live in two camps—Kakuma and Dadaab—with restricted movement and are not allowed to work outside the camps. Dadaab and Kakuma are located in the remote, arid regions of northern Kenya. USAID, through the Office of Food for Peace (FFP) provides in-kind food assistance to the World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for distribution in the camps. Refugees receive a general food ration, which consists of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, salt and a nutrient-enriched flour. Rations are distributed by World Vision, WFP’s food distribution partner. Almost all refugees rely solely on WFP’s food for survival. In FY 16, FFP contributed $30.5 million to WFP and UNICEF ($1.5 million) for in-kind food and nutrition assistance to the refugee program. Due to the congestion of the Kakuma refugee camp, an additional camp known as the Kalobeyei Integrated Refugee Settlement, was being developed approximately 25km north of Kakuma. The plan for Kalobeyei was that it was not to be another refugee camp, but a settlement that was to encourage integration between the refugees and host communities for the mutual economic benefit of both groups.

A cargo plane carrying USAID relief supplies for families affected by Hurricane Irma arrived in Antigua on September 14, 2017.

Joy after the rain Contagious joy. After finishing my Botany class with my students, I saw these very cheerful children racing after the rain. At this age and among children there are no gaps.

Power Africa: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies Peter Mutai, 42, in Lugari, Kakamega County was among the first members of Lugari Boda SACCO to apply for a loan to buy a 4A solar lantern. "The 4A has 4 bulbs and costs 8500 shillings (USD 84) and is enough for my three-roomed house. One bulb is placed outside to provide lighting at night and for security purposes," Mutai said. More than 95 percent of Lugari SACCO members are not connected to the electricity grid. Off-grid energy solutions empowers the members to improve their lives and conserve the environment. Boma Safi won $100,000 from USADF's Off-grid Energy Challenge to increase the distribution of its solar lanterns and efficient cook stove products to rural populations in Kenya. As part of Power Africa, the Off-Grid Challenge is helping ensure responsible, transparent and effective management of energy resources in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nagele Boru cuts grass from a community enclosure to feed her calves. She and her husband worked on the enclosure as part of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a large-scale, Government of Ethiopia-implemented, multi-donor-funded program that aims to help people escape food insecurity in Ethiopia. Funding more than 20 percent of PSNP’s budget between 2010 and 2014, USAID was the program’s largest bilateral donor. This program helped to cushion vulnerable groups from shocks and increase their resilience by providing predictable and timely food transfers while they work to build community assets and enhance their livelihoods. Nationwide, the PSNP reached 6.4 million people, 1.5 million of them through USAID support. In pastoral areas, USAID’s PSNP programs supported 162,728 people in the Somali Region and the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region. Working with the Ethiopian Government, other donors and implementing partners, USAID is also helping design the next generation of PSNP programs through developing more sustainable approaches to protecting and building household and community assets for people in pastoral areas. PSNP public works reduce communities’ risks and improve resilience through a wide range of activities, including fodder production, infrastructure construction, soil, and water.

Ibinda primary school pupils in Kakamega County draw clean water from a well. Clean water enhances hygiene among school children while also keeping them in school.

Two workers measure a medium-sized tree with a tape measure.

A continuous distribution launch of insecticide treated bed nets was held in the district of Vavatenina on December 8, 2016. During the campaign, 650,000 bed nets will be distributed across eight eastern, high-transmission districts of Madagascar. The campaign is conducted to ensure families have continuous access to bed nets, accounting for new sleeping spaces resulting from births, marriages and migrations.

Photo: Health, Population and Nutrition Office Director Daniele Nyirandutiye provides a new bed net to a young mother.

Ayaturn Admani, 12, stands with his science teacher, Muransa Moses, in front of the Malaria Corner in his Primary Year 4 classroom.

Livestock on the way to market. A man looks after cattle near Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Improving Livelihoods through Agro-preneurship Tissue culture banana, an innovative idea and technology is turning around subsistence farming of an inconsequential crop to a lucrative agribusiness venture for Joshua Okundi. A smallholder farmer in Homa Bay County, Joshua, aged 57 earns KES 430,000 from tissue culture bananas planted in a one acre piece of land. "Besides the income I from the bananas, I also plant staples and horticulture crops, and rear fish in a pond to supplement nutritional needs in my home and for sale," said Joshua Okundi. In photo: Joshua Okundi in Homa Bay County demonstrates usage of a solar pump.

SYLLA DIONGTO, SENEGAL - JANUARY 15, 2015 Community-based solution provider Hapsatou Ka runs a young volunteer group to teach critical nutrition and hygiene practices to mothers-to-be. Trained by the nutrition program USAID Yaajeende, Hapsatou is now sharing her knowledge, giving 11- to 12-year-old girls the information they need to eventually live productive lives and raise healthy children. In Senegal, where 17 percent of children under 5 are underweight, these efforts are making communities healthier, smarter and stronger. “Our next generation will be in much better health because they will know better how they should eat,” Hapsatou says. “When you eat something that is clean, good and rich, you will have a good, healthy life.” Find the full story on USAID’s new storytelling hub: go.usa.gov/3fpUY