InterAction Press Releases
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New PSAs offer advice on how best to respond to Hurricane Sandy, or other domestic and international disasters.
InterAction members are responding to help communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy, both in the United States and in Caribbean nations, which also bore the brunt of the massive storm.
Less than 1 percent – just .7 percent – of the FY 2012 budget goes toward poverty-focused international development and humanitarian relief programs.
On October 22, 2012, U.S. presidential candidates will hold their third and final public debate – this time focusing on foreign policy. CBS moderator Bob Schieffer is expected to ask the candidates about their views on issues ranging from the recent events in Libya and the conflict in Syria to America’s role in the world and what constitutes effective U.S. foreign assistance. Leading NGOs will hold a media conference call on Friday – just three days ahead of the debate – outlining differences between the candidates on foreign assistance plans, and recommending what the next administration should do to tackle global poverty and address humanitarian crises in a shrinking budget environment.
InterAction is issuing a call for workshop proposals for Forum 2013, to be held April 29-May 1 at the Gateway Marriot in Crystal City, VA. Any interested parties may submit a proposal. All proposals must be received at InterAction by November 15, 2012, via email, to workshops@interaction.org.
In a massive attempt to tackle global hunger, leading U.S.-based international NGOs will spend more than $1 billion in private funds over the next three years on agriculture, food and nutrition programs, announced U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and NGO alliance InterAction on Thursday.
InterAction is pleased to announce that FedEx Corp. has extended its support for NGO Aid Map. The map, an online interactive tool that charts the work of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, was launched in January 2011 with FedEx support. The first map, Haiti Aid Map, was developed to help link U.S. NGOs with the private sector following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs, has endorsed the Open Aid Partnership which aims at improving the effectiveness, accountability, coordination and transparency of aid.
Humanitarian groups partner with UPS to increasing their efforts to curb a recent outbreak of cholera in Mali, an area already devastated by drought, fighting, and food shortages.
This Devex article discusses in the InterAction's July 2012 policy paper, A New Vision for the USAID-U.S. NGO Relationship: Partnering for Effective Development.
