American AID supplies 9 million dollars for NGOs

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to support a project for upgrading and developing Egyptian non-governmental organizations by presenting $9 million for this purpose, Toni Christiansen-Wagner, the deputy director of the agency, said yesterday.

Christiansen-Wagner added that the project of supporting the NGOs started in 1992 and will end September 99. The program valued at 32.5 million dollars aims to improve the ability of the non-governmental organizations to specify their requirements and for upgrading development projects.