US-AEP Aids
Indonesia
Published in The Jakarta Post, December 8, 1998JAKARTA
– The United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP), an interagency program
led by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is to contribute
US$750,000 to the country’s social safety-net programs as part of its efforts to help
Indonesia recover from its worst-ever crisis.
U.S. Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy signed memoranda of understanding with two local
nonprofit organizations, Friends of the Environment Fund (Dana Mitra Lingkungan) and the Indonesian Society of Sanitary and
Environmental Engineers (Ikatan Ahli Teknik Penyehatan dan Teknik Lingkungan Indonesia) on
Tuesday on the distribution of the aid.
Roy said that the agreements reflected the United States’ support for efforts to
strengthen Indonesia’s social safety net and to speed economic recovery.
"The current USAID program will more than double in size this year, growing to
more than $125 million," he said.
The US-AEP has allocated $350,000 to the Eco-Productivity Outreach Crops and Waste
Exchange Program with the aim of assisting small and medium industries contribute to the
country’s economic recovery. Part of the US-AEP’s financial commitment in this
program was a US$100,000 grant to Dana Mitra Lingkungan. |
