How USAID is Working to Hit its Localization Targets
Opinion Editorial by Administrator Samantha Power
Last month, I met with communities in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco that were hit hard by last year’s devastating earthquake – and I saw how local Moroccan organizations are stepping up to help the community recover and rebuild.
These local groups are drawing on their long-standing relationships within the community to identify and meet urgent needs – from restoring schools to offering psychosocial services for women and young people to providing health and nutrition support to families with children. And I saw how, in addition to providing emergency relief, these organizations are working to help women, young people, and individuals with disabilities start, or restart, their own businesses – so these individuals can move from requiring assistance to building sustainable livelihoods of their own.
Read the full editorial here.
Read the Localization Progress Report here.
