A Year In Iraq
$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.
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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
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