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The Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (Senate Bill 1524)
The Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act is a bipartisan bill is a good first step in making our foreign assistance more effective and accountable.
S. 1524 finds that U.S. policy should be to promote global development, good governance, and the reduction of poverty and hunger and it rebuilds the policy, planning, and evaluation capacity of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The bill would also increase transparency of foreign assistance programs and bring greater development coordination on the ground.
U.S. foreign assistance has helped reduce child deaths, improve agricultural capacity, and increase school enrollment. But even more can be done if we improve the way foreign aid is delivered.
Making our foreign assistance more efficient and effective will have a greater impact on poor and hungry people around the world.
Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009, House Bill 2139
The Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 or H. R. 2139, calls on President Obama to develop a national strategy for global development.
H.R. 2139, the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009, is an initial step to fully reforming U.S. foreign assistance to better meet both 21st century challenges and the needs of hungry and poor people. A strong list of bipartisan cosponsors is the best way to show support for the bill.
STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY - TAKE ACTION 0CT0BER 16 - 18
In 2006, 23 million people Stood Up. In 2007, 47 million people Stood Up. Last year, 116 million people Stood Up and Took Action.
Let’s break the record again this year and send a louder message than ever – achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
WHEN: October 16th, 17th and 18th, 2009, from 12 a.m. GMT (relevant local time) on October 16 to 11.59 p.m. GMT (relevant local time) on October 18.
WHERE: Wherever people who want to be involved in the fight against poverty and support the achievement of the MDGs are.
WHAT: Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now! A three day mobilization to send a loud and clear message from citizens to leaders of rich and poor countries to take urgent action to achieve the MDGs and once again break the Guinness World Record.
Participants will need to register their events at www.standagainstpoverty.org before the start of the mobilization and then report their numbers after they have taken part.
Numbers will be counted and verified by Guinness World Records.
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