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Education for children with disabilities can transform lives and communities, but misconceptions about its efficacy, cost and best practices can stand in the way of millions of children accessing quality education. Through USAID’s education project in Uzbekistan, All Children Succeeding (ACS), we invited partners, including disability education experts, people with disabilities and disability advocacy groups, […]
In the shadow of violent extremism, communities in West Africa are finding that youth centers are more than just sites for recreation. With the right support, these centers can strengthen social cohesion among young people and offer positive alternatives to extremism. However, the opposite can also occur. In northern Benin, the Dassari Youth Center had […]
In West Africa, many communities have been caught off guard by the spread of violent extremism. Along Benin’s northern border with Niger, local officials felt almost paralyzed after a series of events in April 2022. A threatening letter left at a mosque in Karimama warned that extremists would attack unless residents allowed them to recruit […]
Sometimes it takes a bulldozer to improve a neighborhood’s quality of life. In Al Busaira, Deir Ezzor, in northeast Syria, a front loader sat idle for over six months, emblematic of the region’s infrastructure struggles. Streets filled with garbage and roads blocked by debris became part of daily life. Then, with an engine overhaul and […]
Program Highlight
Syria – Facilitating Urban Recovery and Transition III
The Facilitating Urban Recovery and Transition (FURAT III) program aims to strengthen local governance partners in northeast Syria. The project is designed to support local governance actors and citizens living outside the regime’s control in the northeastern region of the country, with an emphasis on women, youth and religious and ethnic minorities.
