USAID – 50 years internationally ... 12 years in Kosovo!

Happy 50th anniversary to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)! The Agency set up its mission here in Kosovo in 1999, as the country was trying to recover from war and people everywhere were in urgent need of assistance. Since that time, USAID has partnered with the Government of Kosovo, relevant agencies, and civil society to rebuild the economy and infrastructure and help the people of Kosovo create new government, legal and financial institutions necessary for an orderly, functioning Democratic society. USAID held a big celebration on the official anniversary date, November 3, in Washington, DC, and the Mission in Kosovo had its own party here in Pristina. It took about 10 minutes for the entire anniversary cake to disappear!