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US to provide $10.55 million for various sectors

    NAIROBI

    The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Wednesday that it had officially agreed to provide some US $10.55 million to support activities in Rwanda during 2003.

    The funds will be used for commodities, training, technical assistance and food distribution in the areas of democracy, health and economic growth/food security, and includes additional funding from President George W. Bush's prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, USAID reported.

    The agency recalled that since 1999, the US government had provided at least $140 million in aid to Rwanda, primarily in the domains of the rule of law and government transparency; improved economic opportunities through the shift from subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture; increased and improved health services; and disaster relief/food aid.

    USAID said it anticipated providing Rwanda with an estimated additional $1 million before the end of the year.

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