Press Release
U.S. Embassy
Addis Ababa, December 13, 2024: The Government of the United States, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted a successful two-day event, “Food Security in Action: Advancing Resilience,” on December 12-13, 2024, at the Skylight Hotel. Bringing together a diverse group of high-level stakeholders, including Ethiopian government ministers, representatives from donor countries and agencies, and USAID implementing partners, the event highlighted the achievements and lessons learned from USAID’s programmatic contribution to the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), Ethiopia. With workshops, panel discussions, interactive displays and a gallery walk, the event showcased the impact of USAID programs on vulnerable, and chronically food-insecure households.
This program—comprised of three distinct projects—represents a combined investment of over $605 million (over 75.6 billion birr). The projects are implemented in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Food for the Hungry (FH), and World Vision (WV). They include a broad range of interventions across sectors, including direct financial support, mental health support services, targeted business coaching, and grants of food, seed and other materials. Through these interventions, this suite of projects increases the resilience of Ethiopians, making them more resistant to sudden shocks, and less reliant on emergency food assistance in times of stress.
The U.S. government is the largest bilateral donor to the PSNP, making the three projects showcased in this event part of a longstanding commitment to and investment in a resilient and food-secure Ethiopia.
In his opening remarks, USAID Deputy Mission Director Timothy Stein encouraged participants to keep the hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries of these projects in mind. He highlighted the fact that “assistance from USAID spans from emergency humanitarian assistance, to the expansive safety net of the PSNP, to investments to build the fully food-secure Ethiopia of the future.” With the event now concluded, the various stakeholders and participants are now in a better position to implement programming that improves the resilience of vulnerable Ethiopian households, so that they are better able to help themselves.
For more information, check U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa : https://et.usembassy.gov/
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