The numbers below is from 2013, but, the future of the USA global involvement may mean increasing missions of USAID.
The populations around the world are growing. We know for a fact poverty breeds extremism. The land currently in poor condition or involved in military disputes and ambitions needs to be restored to support people and the future of their children.
Land is going to be at a premium throughout the world as populations increase and demand for space and food becomes critical. An example of how the USA can turn can turn the fate of people around, is in Ethiopia. If Ethiopia were provided dams to collect water for irrigation and cities the future of this once lush land would improve.
May 6, 2013
Indeed, (click here) while foreign aid is well under 1 percent of the total U.S. federal budget, it's still counted in the multiple tens of billions of dollars – around $23 billion this year, or a total of $37 billion if you include assistance to foreign militaries. And that, of course, is a lot of money. Here are the precise figures:
The populations around the world are growing. We know for a fact poverty breeds extremism. The land currently in poor condition or involved in military disputes and ambitions needs to be restored to support people and the future of their children.
Land is going to be at a premium throughout the world as populations increase and demand for space and food becomes critical. An example of how the USA can turn can turn the fate of people around, is in Ethiopia. If Ethiopia were provided dams to collect water for irrigation and cities the future of this once lush land would improve.
May 6, 2013
Indeed, (click here) while foreign aid is well under 1 percent of the total U.S. federal budget, it's still counted in the multiple tens of billions of dollars – around $23 billion this year, or a total of $37 billion if you include assistance to foreign militaries. And that, of course, is a lot of money. Here are the precise figures:
Foreign Aid
In fiscal 2013, U.S. government funding for humanitarian assistance and international development will total around $23 billion. (Back in October, I included spending on diplomacy in the numbers that I reported. In order to directly address the question of how much we give in aid to other countries, I'm now leaving out diplomacy and operations of the State Department.)
Foreign Military Assistance
In addition, the U.S. will spend around $14 billion in fiscal 2013 for foreign military assistance – that's money spent on training foreign armies and providing them with weapons....
Ethiopia has been the subject of commercials for religious missions due to the famine. The drought in Ethiopia is historic and far longer than any land should have been left in this condition.
The USA Republican party states the best way to address charity overseas is to empower the farmer or the fisherman to support themselves. That is great idea
most Americans would support. When is it going to happen?
This picture is what Ethiopian farmers see when they think about their land.
9 November 2015
Ethiopia has been the subject of commercials for religious missions due to the famine. The drought in Ethiopia is historic and far longer than any land should have been left in this condition.
The USA Republican party states the best way to address charity overseas is to empower the farmer or the fisherman to support themselves. That is great idea
This picture is what Ethiopian farmers see when they think about their land.
9 November 2015
The UN has warned (click here for video, too) that more than 8.2 million people in Ethiopia will be in need of food aid by the beginning of 2016 because of a severe drought.
A lack of rain has meant that crop yields in the worst-affected areas are down by 90% this year.
The Ethiopian government has set aside nearly £130m to deal with the crisis but the UN says a further £330m is needed.
Clive Myrie reports from Kobo in northern Ethiopia.
A lack of rain has meant that crop yields in the worst-affected areas are down by 90% this year.
The Ethiopian government has set aside nearly £130m to deal with the crisis but the UN says a further £330m is needed.
Clive Myrie reports from Kobo in northern Ethiopia.
