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• President Obama announces more than $300 million in additional USG humanitarian assistance for conflict-affected Syrians

• U.N. documents 93,000 deaths as a result of the crisis

• Access remains limited to Al Qusayr and surrounding areas

Posted by Samantha Novick, Communications and Outreach Specialist, Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation on Friday, June 14th 2013

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• The Central African Republic (CAR) IDP population has increased nearly 300 percent since December 2012

• 2013 CAR Consolidated Appeal (CAP) requests $139 million

• Security conditions and humanitarian access across CAR remain fluid

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• Overall food security situation in the Sahel remains stable, although localized food price increases and rising insecurity across the region cause concern

• U.S. Government (USG) provides an additional $56.5 million to food-insecure and conflict-affected Sahelian populations

USAID sponsored a week-long carpentry workshop at the College of Marshall Islands’ (CMI) Arrak campus in Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) from March 4 to 8.

The workshop aimed to demonstrate techniques and materials that may be used to produce a durable, typhoon-resistant house that would provide protection from the effects of climate change.

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Monday, June 10, 2013 USAID Press Office 202-712-4320

Washington, D.C. -- Today, during a global nutrition-focused event co-hosted by Bread for the World Institute and Concern Worldwide, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah underscored the U.S. Government’s long-term leadership in the effort to reduce undernutrition around the world. Administrator Shah made remarks along with The Minister of Trade and Development of Ireland, Joe Costello.