Mariah Green, a senior graduating from Chavez Capitol Hill High School with a 3.8 G.P.A., has been an honor roll student from 2008 to present. Mariah won the Si Se Puede Award – Presented by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in 2010 for academic success and the Chavez Schools outstanding citizenship award from 2008 to present. Among the many leadership rolls Mariah has assumed such as organizer of the first Chavez Capitol Hill High School Student Government Association, and student captain of the Chavez Debate Team, Mariah will serve as valedictorian of her class. Mariah had gained work experience as an intern at the World Bank Group and researcher at Summit Health Institute for Research and Education. Miss Green is interested in a career in the field of medicine and will be attending Temple University in the fall.

1. U.S FOREIGN FOOD AID
ASSISTANCE
Mariah Green
Cesar Chavez Public Charter High school
for Public Policy

2. BACKGROUND SECTION
What is Foreign AID?

3. Aid and Developing Countries
 Forms of Aid
 Military
 Financial
 Food
 Food aid- International concessional flows in the form of
food or of cash to purchase food in support of food assistance
programs

5. U.S Budget

6. Foreign Aid in the United States
 First U.S. Foreign
Assistance
organization
1961 Foreign
Assistance Act

7. Why is Food AID Needed?
 Droughts
 Famines
 War & Political Crises

8. II. POLICY ANALYSIS SECTION
What is wrong with the way
we currently give Food Aid?

9. Controversy 1
What is the most effective
way of giving Food AID?

10. Almost everyone would agree we should help
this child
The question is how?

11. This Way…
Short -Term Assistance

12. Or This Way?
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a
lifetime”—Author unknown
Long-Term Assistance
(Sustainability)

13. This Way…
Importing and Exporting Goods

14. Or this Way…?
Self- Sufficiency

15. Controversy 2
Does giving Foreign Aid stimulate or destroy the country’s economy?

16. Destruction of Local Economies
 Local farmers lose
money
 Lack of local vendors
and distribution
networks
 Particularly if donated
food is sold in country
(monetization)

17. Controversy 3
How can Food AID help the vulnerable?

18. Controversy 3 (Continued)

19. Controversy 4: The Double Edge
Sword
Food Assistance feeds
needy
(positive effects)
Developing nations
build a dependency
for Food AID
(negative effects)

20. Alternative Policy Section

21. Alternative Policy: Stringent Policies with
Recipient Governments
 Establish a contract between the countries stating
that they have to feed a certain amount of citizens
 Donor countries will perform an annual visit to
recipient countries

22. Traditional vs. Alternative
Traditional Policy Alternative Policy
Controversy 1: Makes developing Provides alternative food
Globalization vs. Self- country dependent on sources
sufficiency only one food source
Controversy 2: Places farm workers out Assists farm workers
monetization of business
Controversy 3: Donors Recipient government U.S can ensure that food
should place more has total control over is not intercepted
regulations on AID food distribution

23. Cited Sources
 Clemmitt, Maricia. Global Food Crisis. Cq Researcher, 2008. Print.
 DEPweb: Beyond Economic Growth, Glossary." DEPweb: Beyond Economic
Growth, Glossary. Web. 14 May 2012.
<http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/glossary.html>.
 Newport, Frank, and Lydia Saad. "Americans Oppose Cuts in Education, Social
Security, Defense." Americans Oppose Cuts in Education, Social Security, Defense.
26 Jan. 2011. Web. 15 May 2012. <http://www.gallup.com/poll/145790/americans-
oppose-cuts-education-social-security-defense.aspx>.

24. THANK YOU!
Mariah Green
May 16th , 2012