InterAction Press Releases
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Articleon life in Imperial Beach one year after the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010.
An entry on USA Today's "Kindness" blog about projects that have been ongoing in Haiti since the January 12, 2010, earthquake, and ways that people can still help.
Article on web-based news source for Latin America and the Caribbean InfoSurHoy on the pace of reconstruction in Haiti after the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Port-au-Prince. InterAction's president and CEO, Sam Worthington, was one of the experts interviewed for the article.
Washington, D.C. (January 11, 2011)— InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs working abroad, has partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) with sponsorship by FedEx to develop a new online Haiti mapping project – http://haitiaidmap.org– which illustrates where NGOs are working in Haiti, the progress of recovery and remaining service delivery gaps.
The capacity to respond to the urgent needs of vulnerable people in emergencies around the world is a central pillar of the U.S. government's foreign assistance portfolio. It should exemplify the impartial outpouring of humanitarian response in the wake of unthinkable tragedy. As the State Department's just-released Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) acknowledges, it is an area in which the U.S. holds a comparative advantage. This is a good thing since, as we've seen over the last year, the U.S. is frequently asked to play a lead role in the international response to humanitarian crises.
John Ruthrauff, InterAction’s International Advocacy Director, is quoted in this article about World Bank reforms to increase lending to low-income countries.
John Ruthrauff, InterAction’s International Advocacy Director, is quoted in this article about the World Bank’s International Development Association agreeing to boost funding for low-income countries.
By Elise Labott, CNN Senior State Department ProducerThe death this month of British aid worker Linda Norgrove in Afghanistan and the subsequent discussion about aid worker safety have fueled a row between the United States and nongovernmental organizations about how to deliver aid and do development work in conflict zones like Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/18/afpak.aid.workers/index.html?iref=allsearch
Statement from InterAction President & CEO Samuel A. Worthington on the nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah to head the U.S. Agency for International Development.
