Foreign Aid
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:42
As Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by American jets battled to dislodge Islamic militants from areas around Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that it was planning one of its biggest aid operations in recent years.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 11:15
Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced today that the United States is providing nearly $378 million in additional U.S. aid to help those affected by the war in Syria. With this funding, total U.S. humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis will reach more than $2.4 billion; with $1.2 billion helping over 4.7 million people inside Syria, and $1.2 billion helping nearly 3 million refugees and host communities in the neighboring countries affected by the crisis.
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 06:28
U.S. Navy medical professionals traveled with local doctors and nurses in Belize to observe how the Belizean medical system provides care to rural areas. The Navy is in Belize as part of Southern Partnership Station 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 08:02
The ongoing conflict in Yemen adds to the country’s already fragile humanitarian situation. The ongoing fighting also makes the delivery of humanitarian aid difficult.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:39
The U.S. Government will allocate grants for $12.05 million to Uzbekistan to implement projects on strengthening material-technical provision of the law enforcement and customs bodies, UzDaily said
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 08:46
Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) is scheduled to return to Belize to reload and transport service members to Guatemala to continue the SPS-JHSV 14 mission.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 06:54
Deeply concerned by the escalating and increasingly interlinked crises in Sudan and South Sudan, where violence is sparking refugee flows and disrupting harvests again this year, the top United Nations relief official warned today that the humanitarian situation is deteriorating for hundreds of thousands of people in both countries.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:54
Despite objections by Syria’s government, the United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 on Monday to authorize cross-border convoys of emergency aid for millions of deprived Syrian civilians in rebel-held areas, without prior approval by the Syrian authorities.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 07:30
The United States government announced nearly $22 million in additional humanitarian assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Sudan its refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.