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$31,838,295

Agency for International Development·Agency for International Development

to SAMARITANS PURSE

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-04-10·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_720BHA23CA00017_072
Award description

PROGRAM PROVIDING WASH, SHELTER, AND FOOD ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLES IN THE DRC.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Humanitarian assistance providing water, sanitation, shelter, and food to internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sub-sectors
humanitarian-assistanceidp-programsdrc-operations
Why this matters

Strengthens U.S. diplomatic influence and humanitarian credibility in resource-rich Central Africa amid Chinese competition.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. humanitarian aid in DRC provides soft-power counterweight to China's economic presence in African minerals.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-17. Cost: $0.014418.

Period of performance
Start
2023-04-10
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
Sources

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