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Foundation Attends USAID Awards Ceremony

On January 8, 2009, USAID held its Development 2.0 Challenge Awards Ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The event was held to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of the top three finalists: RapidSMS Child Malnutrition Surveillance, Click Diagnostics, and Ushahidi v.2.  Each of these innovative organizations addresses health care crises in the developing world.  Dave Roll, Associate Director of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, attended the event and spoke with each of the finalists.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States.  For more information, please visit http://www.usaid.gov/.