Freeman B. Woahloe, Jr. spent 14 years in exile in Ghana - the entire length of the Liberian civil conflict, waiting for an opportunity to come back home and be among his people. After the historic election of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Freeman found his opportunity.

USAID and the Presidential Malaria Initiative work with local partners and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in all 15 of Liberia's counties to cure and prevent malaria. With malaria medicine and bednets now available, one of the most challenging aspects of the fight against the disease is public awareness and door-to-door outreach to persuade people to use mosquito nets correctly and to seek treatment from qualified providers.

For nearly ten years USAID has worked with the Pan American Development Foundation on a program dedicated to the economic reintegration of families displaced by violence. Over the years, USAID has supported numerous projects for the most vulnerable sectors of the population in Bogota.

Sange and her husband rejoiced on the discovery of expecting a child. But six months after welcoming a healthy baby boy named Febyah, Sange passed away from an unknown illness. After his mother's death, Febyah's father abandoned him, leaving him with his maternal grandmother. In her late fifties and taking care of an infant, Fatta Mento did not have the resources or knowledge to keep Febyah nourished.

Josephine Mendoza, jumped at the chance to learn auto mechanics on one of USAID's first post-war apprenticeship programs in 2005. Mendoza had been a refugee in neighboring Ivory Coast where she had seen women working in construction and as mechanics. Only one other woman joined Mendoza; the rest chose more traditional activities with less income-earning potential.

Moikhon Zukurova is a 50-year-old woman who lives with her 75- year-old husband, their five children, and the disabled 25-year-old son of her husband in the Rash region of Tajikistan. The family lives in a small mud house that leaks during each rain and is very drafty. They have a small household plot where they grow potatoes and vegetables, but due to lack of irrigation and very high temperatures during the summer, the harvest is often very poor.

Dzerzhinsk Farm in Belarus employs more than 550 workers and is the largest force in the Minsk oblast's economy. The farm serves as a good model for future market-oriented agricultural enterprises in Belarus. Unfortunately, the farm's veterinarians have faced challenges in the area of artificial insemination and dairy health management.

SIS, a Belarusian company that provides consulting services to agricultural businesses shifted its focus several years ago to designing cow houses. During the summer of 2009, the company was involved in the reconstruction of eight dairy farms and the building of an entirely new dairy complex.

Paula Correa is not the real name of this 24-year-old woman, who is still afraid of the danger to her and her 8-year-old son. Her story is one of loss and pain, survival and hope, hard work and an encouraging future.

Maria, (not her real name) a 48-year-old single mother of three and a grandmother, has lived the same tragedy as many displaced families in Colombia. With tears in her eyes she recalls the story of her village, El Rosario in Cauca, where she was a teacher. "I still shiver when I think about the group of armed men who killed several people in front of a bus, just to show that they could," she said.