USAID: Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq - DART Successes

Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq >> USAID Home >> Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq >> DART Successes President Discusses the Future of Iraq in Speech at American Enterprise Institute USAID Fact Sheet: USAID Contingency Plans for Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq DARTs for Iraq: How could a DART help in Iraq? DART Successes What is a DART? What does a DART look like? The DART Manual - The Field Operations Guide (.pdf format, 901k) Press & Speeches: U.S. Prepared to Deliver Humanitarian Relief to Iraq in Event of War Press Briefing On White House Inter-Agency Humanitarian Reconstruction Issues More USAID Resources: Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Asia and the Near East Other Resources: White House Department of State DART Successes A Track Record of Success . USAID DART teams have deployed across the globe in response to natural disasters and complex emergencies, bringing humanitarian assistance to such places as Angola, El Salvador, Turkey, Mozambique, Kosovo, Bosnia, Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, and Northern Iraq. Since 1990, USAID has responded with $2.2 billion to more than 870 disasters worldwide, including civil wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, droughts, fires, and disease outbreaks. Examples include: Afghanistan . Even before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, USAID had a DART team deployed to Central Asia to assist with the emergency needs of the Afghan people suffering from 22 years of civil war and three years of drought. After Afghanistan was liberated from Taliban rule, the DART team worked with the Afghan Interim Authority to successfully avert a famine during the harsh winter. Angola . In April 2002, immediately following the ceasefire agreement ending civil war in Angola, USAID experts in humanitarian assistance were on the ground assessing emergency needs, distributing relief commodities, and providing our partners with grant funding to support demobilization and a consolidation of the peace. Armenia . In December 1988, the cities in northwestern Armenia were struck by a devastating earthquake, causing extensive loss of life and property and leaving more than half a million people homeless. USAID DART teams assessed the needs of the region and provided humanitarian and relief assistance at the epicenter of the disaster. Central America . Before Hurricane Mitch tore through six countries in Central America in October 1998, leaving up to 10,000 dead and affecting more than 3.6 million people, an interagency DART was pre-positioned along the storm's forecasted path with relief commodities and disaster experts to lead the most significant response ever by the U.S. government to a natural disaster overseas. The emergency response was quickly followed by rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance to restore public services, agricultural production, and economic livelihoods. India . When a severe earthquake struck western India in January 2001 killing more than 20,000 people and affecting nearly 16 million, USAID had a DART team of disaster specialists on the ground responding to emergency needs within 24 hours. Last updated: Wednesday, 26-Feb-2003 10:47:42 EST