Willingness to Pay – a Litmus Test for Sustainability
Sustainability is the ultimate goal of any technical assistance project. There are various criteria to determine whether a project has been able to survive without USAID or other donor funding. Willingness to pay for services similar to those once developed under the project and delivered to other recipients free of charge can be one of them.
In the spring of 2007, the Rivne Oblast State Administration approved an action plan to create the Rivne Regional Industrial Park. InvestInRivne, an agency established in 2005 to attract investments to the oblast, was put in charge of its implementation.
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E-Scissors for Red Tape
There are two things - the Internet and red tape - that are ubiquitous and thus stitch together the present-day globalized world, irrespective of ethnic, cultural, religious or other differences. And though the latter seems to be invincible, certain Internet applications, and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can at least ease bureaucratic procedures and help civil servants better serve citizens. More ...
Information Campaigns Help to Save More Children’s Lives in Ukraine
Alyona still shivers with fear when she recalls seeing her daughter lying on her stomach in her bed and not breathing. “She was an absolutely healthy child, and I left her unattended for just five minutes,” Alyona told a Maternal & Infant Health Project (MIHP) consultant in a Luhansk pediatric polyclinic.
Home deaths account for a large portion of overall infant mortality in Ukraine. Of 33 home deaths that occurred in Luhansk Oblast in 2007, 14 were diagnosed as caused by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). More ...
USAID/Ukraine and Donbass Fuel and Energy Company Sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation
USAID/Ukraine Deputy Director Peter Argo and Donbass Fuel and Energy Company (DTEC) Chief Executive Officer Maxym Tymchenko signed a public – private partnership memorandum of cooperation covering a two-year period. More ...
Lviv Issues $18.4 Million Municipal Bond to Attract Funds for Infrastructure Development
Ukraine’s cities need massive amounts of investment to modernize their infrastructure, and municipal bonds are the means to help them attract long-term capital. In late 2004, the USAID-funded Access To Credit Initiative (ATCI) began working with selected cities to demonstrate just how municipal bonds can do so. ATCI selected four cities, Ivano-Frankivsk, Berdyansk, Lviv and Luhansk, it would assist in issuing pilot bonds. More ...
Relief Nursery Helps Families at Risk
Sashko, 6, can count, knows the alphabet, and can write his first and last names. More ...
USAID: 15 Years of Assistance
USAID has addressed the critical needs of orphaned children since 1994. Through its Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program it provided over $9 mln worth of clothing, bedding, furniture and footwear to the 280 orphanages and boarding homes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Social Protection. More ...
Ukrainian Philanthropy Emerging to Provide New Opportunities for Civil Society Organizations
Ukraine’s nonprofit sector has made tremendous strides over the past decade. More ...
MAMA+ Brings Children Back to the Family
Svitlana’s parents divorced when she was three. Some time later, her mother remarried, but Svitlana’s relations with her stepfather were tense. So upon completion of the 9th grade, Svitlana left home to begin her own life. More ...
Disabled Woman Fights to Remove Barriers
For seven years now, Anna Harchenko has used a wheelchair to get around in her native town of Cherkasy. At the age of 15, Anna fell and injured her spine while riding a horse. More ...
"Thank you!"
Ten representatives from several Crimea-based medical and educational institutions and NGOs, visited Charlotte, North Carolina, in mid-July as participants of USAID’s Community Connections Program. More ...
Hotline Helps Local Woman Protect Herself
Lyudmyla, a second-year law student, attended a seminar on trafficking in persons held at her university. More ...
The Parenthood School Makes Delivery a "Man’s Business" Too
Traditionally in Ukraine, women take near sole responsibility for their pregnancy, delivery and sometimes even upbringing of their children. More ...
Husband Casts Tradition Aside and Helps Deliver Son
It wasn’t easy getting Nikolai Yarmakov to take part in the birth of his son. More ...
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