Tag: U.s. Agency For International Development
Edesia rehiring staff, ramping up production after State Department places order
NORTH KINGSTOWN – After a six-month pause in federal procurement, Rhode Island-based humanitarian aid agency Edesia Inc. received a major order from the U.S....
Edesia forges partnership to send food to malnourished children in South...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – At least 9,000 children in South Sudan will receive life-saving nutrition thanks to a new partnership between Edesia Inc., Ocean State...
Edesia launches donation drive after end of USAID funding
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. on Wednesday launched a donation drive so the nonprofit manufacturer can continue providing food for malnourished people worldwide in...
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Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) – The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled Tuesday as he indefinitely...
Rubio announces termination of 83% of USAID contracts
WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency...
Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s push to rebuke judge over...
WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions...
URI to eliminate its USAID-funded programming at end of March
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Six programs at the University of Rhode Island that were financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development will be eliminated...
‘We’re literally waiting by the telephones’: Edesia inventory is moving, though...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – It's been an intense last couple of weeks for Edesia Inc.
The Rhode Island-based humanitarian aid organization has seen a stop-work order...
URI Coastal Resources Center receives $13M for Madagascar marine conservation project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Coastal Resource Center at the college's Graduate School of Oceanography has received a $13 million grant...
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