Psycho4Bud
12-08-2005, 07:01 PM
1. Improving Primary Health Care: USAID is helping strengthen essential
primary health care services throughout Iraq.
* In 2005 alone, USAID-supported emergency campaigns immunized 98 percent
of Iraqi children between 1-5 years old (3.62 million) against measles, mumps,
and rubella,
* Also in 2005, USAID immunized 97 percent of Iraqi children under five
(4.56 million) against polio.
* In all, USAID partners have trained more than 2,500 primary health care
workers to expand access to essential primary health care services.
2. Expanding Access to Electricity: In 2002, Baghdad had access to
electricity 24 hours a day; the rest of Iraq was limited to 3-6 hours.
* Currently, all 18 governorates receive nearly 14 hours of electricity
daily, an incredible improvement for a country emerging from decades of
conflict and little investment.
* USAID efforts have added 1,400 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity to
the national electrical grid, expanding access to 4.2 million Iraqis
throughout most of Iraq.
3. Providing Potable Water: Many parts of Iraq had no access to or
provision of clean potable water. Indeed many of Iraq's waterways were
contaminated with refuse and sewage.
* Over 4 million Iraqis who had no clean drinking water in 2002 now have
safe, potable water piped to their homes following USAID efforts to refurbish
water treatment plants in 15 cities.
* USAID is also providing plant-level operations and maintenance (O&M)
training at major water and wastewater plants nationwide to ensure that these
plants remain functioning.
4. Restoring Sewage Systems: Before 2003, Iraq's cities suffered from
inadequate sewage systems; backed up sewage created pools in neighborhoods or
emptied directly into nearby rivers.
* Today, USAID's rehabilitated sewage treatment plants throughout Iraq
process a total of 339.7 million gallons daily.
* These plants alone provide 7.2 million urban Iraqis - over a quarter of
the national population - access to functioning, waterborne sewage, greatly
improving sanitation and contributing to a decrease in waterborne disease.
5. Improving Local Governance and Community Development: Iraqi democracy
must prove itself through service delivery and community-based solutions to
local problems.
* With USAID assistance, representative provincial and municipal
governments are more capable of delivering essential services to their
constituents.
* Countrywide, more than 670 community action groups focused on civic
education, women's advocacy, and anti-corruption have been supported by USAID.
* Working through local NGOs, USAID has implemented 4,672 quick impact
projects throughout Iraq, providing short-term employment and restoration of
basic services.
6. Connecting Iraq to the Global Economy: The private sector is the engine
for sustainable job creation and economic growth. To help guide policy
reform, USAID's Investor Roadmap analyzes constraints to investment.
* Iraq's Investment Promotion Agency was recently established with USAID
assistance, and will serve as a resource to international investors.
* USAID worked with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to develop a
Competitiveness Study, helping integrate efforts to create a robust private
sector that fosters job creation.
* USAID programs assist Iraq's MoF, Central Organization for Statistics
and Information Technology (COSIT), and Iraq's Central Bank in meeting their
International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements. This $19 million technical
assistance effort is expected to return to Iraq $480 million in the IMF
Standby Agreement by December 2005 as well as debt forgiveness of $27 billion
from the Paris Club by March 2006.
* Working with the MoF, USAID introduced the new dinar currency to promote
national unity and a sound functioning monetary policy. Currently, 4.62
trillion new Iraqi dinars are in circulation in Iraq.
7. Expanding Political Inclusion and Expression: USAID assistance has
helped prepare Iraq for two national elections, numerous provincial and
municipal elections, and the Constitutional Referendum of October 15.
* In preparation for the January 2005 election, USAID helped the
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) establish a voter registration
system, and worked with the UN on improving balloting procedures.
* USAID-supported NGOs distributed election materials, helped televise
debates, and led over 22,000 town meetings to educate Iraqi voters.
* USAID and a local NGO trained over 8,000 election monitors.
* Current efforts are preparing 15,000 elections monitors for the December
15, 2005 elections.
8. Supporting the New Iraqi Constitution: The January 2005 Interim
Government election put into place a National Assembly to frame a constitution
emphasizing democracy and the rule of law.
* USAID partners provided constitutional specialists to the Drafting
Committee while input from over 111,000 national surveys kept the Committee in
touch with national sentiment.
* The Iraqi Women's National Coalition, supported by USAID, developed a
10-point statement adopted in the constitution.
* A USAID-supported NGO televised debates and distributed information.
Nearly 9,500 monitors, trained by USAID partners, helped ensure a successful
constitutional referendum.
9. Transforming Primary Education: USAID assistance has helped Iraq move
away from rote learning methodology in decrepit, unsanitary classrooms to
interactive learning in rehabilitated buildings.
* Since 2003, USAID has rehabilitated nearly 3,000 schools.
* Over 20 million new textbooks have been supplied by USAID (8.6 million)
and UNESCO (12 million).
* By 2006, more than 133,000 primary school teachers - a third of Iraq's
educators in all - will have received training and technical assistance.
* Already, the most recent primary school enrollment numbers show a 19
percent increase from pre-war levels.
10. Restoring Excellence in Higher Education: The USAID Higher Education
and Development (HEAD) Program brings together five American and 10 Iraqi
universities to help reestablish academic excellence in Iraq's higher
education system.
* Since January 2004, more than 1,500 Iraqi faculty and students have
participated in workshops, trainings, conferences, and courses in Iraq, the
Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
* University facilities - libraries, computer and science laboratories,
lecture halls, and buildings - have been rehabilitated at colleges throughout
the country.
* A mini-grant program supports new, innovative research throughout the
country. In addition, books and electronic resources have been provided to
university libraries.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-07-2005/0004230007&EDATE=
NEVER see any of this on the tube! :thumbsup:
primary health care services throughout Iraq.
* In 2005 alone, USAID-supported emergency campaigns immunized 98 percent
of Iraqi children between 1-5 years old (3.62 million) against measles, mumps,
and rubella,
* Also in 2005, USAID immunized 97 percent of Iraqi children under five
(4.56 million) against polio.
* In all, USAID partners have trained more than 2,500 primary health care
workers to expand access to essential primary health care services.
2. Expanding Access to Electricity: In 2002, Baghdad had access to
electricity 24 hours a day; the rest of Iraq was limited to 3-6 hours.
* Currently, all 18 governorates receive nearly 14 hours of electricity
daily, an incredible improvement for a country emerging from decades of
conflict and little investment.
* USAID efforts have added 1,400 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity to
the national electrical grid, expanding access to 4.2 million Iraqis
throughout most of Iraq.
3. Providing Potable Water: Many parts of Iraq had no access to or
provision of clean potable water. Indeed many of Iraq's waterways were
contaminated with refuse and sewage.
* Over 4 million Iraqis who had no clean drinking water in 2002 now have
safe, potable water piped to their homes following USAID efforts to refurbish
water treatment plants in 15 cities.
* USAID is also providing plant-level operations and maintenance (O&M)
training at major water and wastewater plants nationwide to ensure that these
plants remain functioning.
4. Restoring Sewage Systems: Before 2003, Iraq's cities suffered from
inadequate sewage systems; backed up sewage created pools in neighborhoods or
emptied directly into nearby rivers.
* Today, USAID's rehabilitated sewage treatment plants throughout Iraq
process a total of 339.7 million gallons daily.
* These plants alone provide 7.2 million urban Iraqis - over a quarter of
the national population - access to functioning, waterborne sewage, greatly
improving sanitation and contributing to a decrease in waterborne disease.
5. Improving Local Governance and Community Development: Iraqi democracy
must prove itself through service delivery and community-based solutions to
local problems.
* With USAID assistance, representative provincial and municipal
governments are more capable of delivering essential services to their
constituents.
* Countrywide, more than 670 community action groups focused on civic
education, women's advocacy, and anti-corruption have been supported by USAID.
* Working through local NGOs, USAID has implemented 4,672 quick impact
projects throughout Iraq, providing short-term employment and restoration of
basic services.
6. Connecting Iraq to the Global Economy: The private sector is the engine
for sustainable job creation and economic growth. To help guide policy
reform, USAID's Investor Roadmap analyzes constraints to investment.
* Iraq's Investment Promotion Agency was recently established with USAID
assistance, and will serve as a resource to international investors.
* USAID worked with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to develop a
Competitiveness Study, helping integrate efforts to create a robust private
sector that fosters job creation.
* USAID programs assist Iraq's MoF, Central Organization for Statistics
and Information Technology (COSIT), and Iraq's Central Bank in meeting their
International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements. This $19 million technical
assistance effort is expected to return to Iraq $480 million in the IMF
Standby Agreement by December 2005 as well as debt forgiveness of $27 billion
from the Paris Club by March 2006.
* Working with the MoF, USAID introduced the new dinar currency to promote
national unity and a sound functioning monetary policy. Currently, 4.62
trillion new Iraqi dinars are in circulation in Iraq.
7. Expanding Political Inclusion and Expression: USAID assistance has
helped prepare Iraq for two national elections, numerous provincial and
municipal elections, and the Constitutional Referendum of October 15.
* In preparation for the January 2005 election, USAID helped the
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) establish a voter registration
system, and worked with the UN on improving balloting procedures.
* USAID-supported NGOs distributed election materials, helped televise
debates, and led over 22,000 town meetings to educate Iraqi voters.
* USAID and a local NGO trained over 8,000 election monitors.
* Current efforts are preparing 15,000 elections monitors for the December
15, 2005 elections.
8. Supporting the New Iraqi Constitution: The January 2005 Interim
Government election put into place a National Assembly to frame a constitution
emphasizing democracy and the rule of law.
* USAID partners provided constitutional specialists to the Drafting
Committee while input from over 111,000 national surveys kept the Committee in
touch with national sentiment.
* The Iraqi Women's National Coalition, supported by USAID, developed a
10-point statement adopted in the constitution.
* A USAID-supported NGO televised debates and distributed information.
Nearly 9,500 monitors, trained by USAID partners, helped ensure a successful
constitutional referendum.
9. Transforming Primary Education: USAID assistance has helped Iraq move
away from rote learning methodology in decrepit, unsanitary classrooms to
interactive learning in rehabilitated buildings.
* Since 2003, USAID has rehabilitated nearly 3,000 schools.
* Over 20 million new textbooks have been supplied by USAID (8.6 million)
and UNESCO (12 million).
* By 2006, more than 133,000 primary school teachers - a third of Iraq's
educators in all - will have received training and technical assistance.
* Already, the most recent primary school enrollment numbers show a 19
percent increase from pre-war levels.
10. Restoring Excellence in Higher Education: The USAID Higher Education
and Development (HEAD) Program brings together five American and 10 Iraqi
universities to help reestablish academic excellence in Iraq's higher
education system.
* Since January 2004, more than 1,500 Iraqi faculty and students have
participated in workshops, trainings, conferences, and courses in Iraq, the
Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
* University facilities - libraries, computer and science laboratories,
lecture halls, and buildings - have been rehabilitated at colleges throughout
the country.
* A mini-grant program supports new, innovative research throughout the
country. In addition, books and electronic resources have been provided to
university libraries.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-07-2005/0004230007&EDATE=
NEVER see any of this on the tube! :thumbsup: