5.1.2: Assistance
Provide life-saving disaster relief, including food aid, and other humanitarian assistance to people affected by natural disasters
and complex, human-made crises.
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The U.S. Government provides life-saving disaster relief, including food aid, and other humanitarian assistance to people
affected by natural disasters and complex, human-made crises. Within hours of a disaster, the U.S. Government— through its
foreign assistance—mobilizes goods, services, and relief workers to assist survivors with food, water and sanitation, shelter,
and health care, and to strengthen local capacity to respond to the humanitarian needs. These programs will strive to uphold
international standards for the provision of humanitarian assistance. Where appropriate, we will restore sustainable livelihoods
to encourage self-reliance and minimize the need for long-term assistance. In doing so, U.S. humanitarian assistance begins
the process of stabilization and recovery as early as possible. Approximately three billion people in 150 countries have benefited
directly from the gift of food from the American people since the creation of the Food for Peace program. Over the next five
years, food aid will continue to be a key element of U.S. humanitarian assistance. We will continue working with all stakeholders
to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of this program, and to ensure that this most visible gift of the American people
continues to contribute to peace and stability in troubled areas of the world.
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