Two prominent members of the Center of International Disaster Information of USAID will be arriving Seattle early next month as part of the Center’s effort to reach out the Diaspora who involve Disaster Reliefs. Barlin Ali and Dilafruz Khonikboyeva are expected to meet members of the community sometimes between November 8 to 12.
Ms. Ali is the program Coordinator with the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI).
Ms. Ali has more than two decades of experience in dealing with international development and global international disaster response. She has worked with public and private organizations that manage humanitarian and refugee assistance around the world in response to natural and man-made emergencies, including the 2010 Haitian earthquake, the 2011 earthquake/tsunami in Japan, and crises in Rwanda, Kosovo and Somalia.
During the Somali crisis in the early 1990s, Ms. Ali played a major role in disaster management and received commendation from the U.S Military European Task
Force. Prior to coming to the US from Somalia, she worked with international agencies including UNIDO and USAID.
Ms. Ali enjoys volunteering and has served as the chairwoman of the University of Southern Somalia (USS). She is an accomplished cook and author who teaches at the Culinaria Cooking School in Vienna, Virginia.
About Dilafruz Khonikboyeva
Ms. Khonikboyeva is the Chief of Media Relations and Strategy with US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)
Ms. Khonikboyeva has been with USAID CIDI since 2008. Ms. Khonikboyeva has previously worked with the 48 Hour Film Festival and CNN. Ms. Khonikboyeva received her master’s degree at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in Virginia.
Giving Survivors What They Need
In the past five years, a majority of Americans have made donations to relief organizations in the aftermath of natural disasters. USAID CIDI is an education organization that helps donors make the most of their generosity by using Smart Compassion. Through cash contributions, relief organizations can do more good for more people, with greater speed and sensitivity than with unrequested material donations. Cash donations provide medical and other life-saving services now, and rebuild infrastructure later. Learn more
Who We Are
USAID CIDI is an education organization that is focused on effective public donations in support of disaster relief. Created by the U.S. Agency for International Development in 1988, USAID CIDI works with the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), which leads and coordinates the U.S. Government’s humanitarian assistance efforts overseas.
USAID/OFDA responds to an average of 70 disasters in more than 50 countries every year, with a mandate to save lives, reduce human suffering and reduce the social and economic impact of humanitarian crises worldwide. USAID CIDI was established to inform the public about the best ways to donate in support of relief efforts. USAID CIDI does not accept or distribute donations, but does collect and disseminate information to enable individuals and groups to provide the most effective assistance to people affected by disasters.
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