A Year In Iraq

Weekly Update #39 (PDF) تقرير رقم 37 (PDF) A Year In Iraq Click to download the full report (5mb) in PDF format To view individual sections, see Table of Contents $3.3 billion in U.S. aid fixed schools, vaccinated millions of children, restored electricity and created Iraq’s first democratic councils. The emergency relief and reconstruction aid delivered to Iraq during the 12 months since the fall of Saddam Hussein in April, 2003, was the biggest U.S. foreign aid program since the Marshall Plan, delivering $3.3 billion in help to Iraq’s people. This text explains how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) have supported Iraq's recovery from three decades of tyranny and mass murder. The following links are in PDF format. Download the free Adobe Reader to view PDF files. Table of Contents A Year In Iraq - Full Report (5 mb) Relief and Reconstruction: The biggest U.S. foreign aid program since the Marshall Plan after World War II challenged USAID Iraq teams Quick Action: Disaster Assistance Response Team brought in food, water, shelter and medicine to avert a humanitarian crisis Infrastructure Powering Up: U.S. contractors restored power and bridges while repairing neglected water and sewage systems vital to Iraqi’s health. Small Grants: Transition teams quickly repaired schools and clinics; and funded human rights teams to prevent ethnic and land conflicts Society Building Democracy: Iraqi councils are beginning to run local projects and learn how to govern Community Action: U.S. funded NGOs helped local groups organize to tackle projects Essential Services Rebuilding Iraq's Health System: After years of neglect, Iraqi contractors are hired to fix clinics and hospitals Opening Schools: Despite conflict, final exams for 2003 are held and new school year begins on schedule in October —with millions of new textbooks Economy Financial Reform: Soviet model economy begins to reform with new currency, training, private markets and micro loans Canals and Date Palms: Agricultural assistance cleans silt from canals and improves date palm stock Human Rights Reviving Marshes: Life returns as dams open and thousands of acres of marshlands are covered by water. Mass Graves: Grieving Iraqis unearth hundreds of thousands of victims in mass graves and U.S. helps them to record and manage the grave sites Negroponte Pledges: Named by President Bush as ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte vows U.S. help in Iraq’s reconstruction Map of Iraq Projects: U.S.-supported reconstruction and other aid projects have taken place all across Iraq Last Updated on: July 13, 2004