When lives are at stake, every minute matters. When a disaster occurs, the effects can linger for many years if an immediate and coordinated response does not happen. At Macfadden, disaster preparation begins long before a disaster strikes. Within minutes of a disaster declaration, Macfadden team members are prepared to provide needed expertise to our customers, while ensuring that relief operations run smoothly, efficiently and without delay. Our years of experience have prepared us for all possible scenarios - large and small – enabling us to implement response plans immediately and effectively.
Whatever it takes - we will help you respond. In today’s ever changing world, preparing for all possibilities is imperative. The Macfadden team is acutely aware of the variety of services and specialties that are needed in order to support our customer’s disaster relief efforts. From grants management, information management, recruiting and contract management to training, Macfadden team members can instantly move into action when a call to respond to a complex humanitarian emergency occurs.
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 | Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
Since 1993, Macfadden has supported OFDA's mandate to save lives, alleviate human suffering and reduce the economic and social impact of disasters.
During the past year alone, the Macfadden team provided disaster support for 72 disasters in more than 50 countries around the globe. Operating in some of the most challenging environments imaginable, Macfadden obligated $470 million in grants, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements on behalf of USAID, deployed staff members 29 times for a total of 162 weeks to response teams and trained more than 1000 individuals through 18 course offerings.
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| Stamping Out Pandemic and Avian Influenza (STOP AI), USAID |
Macfadden continues to support emergency preparedness efforts as a part of USAID's Stamping Out Pandemic and Avian Influenza (STOP AI) team. STOP AI provides technical resources and support services in preparedness planning; surveillance and prevention; outbreak and response; and re-infection prevention and recovery within the animal health sector. Macfadden, and the project's prime contractor Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI), are helping ensure that HPAI does not evolve into a human health crisis.
As part of the STOP AI initiative, Macfadden provides logistics and operations support to teams deployed overseas. Macfadden provides assistance in developing in-country logistics plans for distribution of USAID Avian Influenza Commodities. Additionally, Macfadden is helping to guide the development and review of in-country Avian Influenza preparedness plans, including the development of logistics standard operating procedures (SOPs). To date, Macfadden has participated in missions to Ghana and Nigeria to assist USAID missions and enable host governments in these countries to strengthen their logistics capacities to cope with Avian Influenza outbreaks and develop SOPs for USAID AI commodities distribution.
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| Lebanon Stabilization Project, USAID |
Macfadden is working on behalf of USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) as an integral part of the U.S. Government's effort to promote peace and stability in Lebanon as the country continues to face a number of urgent and significant rebuilding challenges. Macfadden recently established a field office in Beirut to implement and monitor a fast stabilization initiative. Providing field program support, Macfadden manages the agency transition programs in the region. Macfadden staff directly supports OTI by overseeing the in-country programs that provide assistance grants and agreements to local and international organizations. Macfadden is responsible for administrative, logistics, procurement and finance aspects of the program. Serving as program evaluation consultants, Macfadden also supports several short-term evaluation projects to monitor and assess programs including border security operations, and making recommendations to enhance the overall success of the initiative.
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| Darfur, Sudan: Administrative and Operational Field Support, USAID |
Macfadden continues to provide support to Sudan to oversee and implement humanitarian and transition programming as Darfur faces a number of critical political, humanitarian, and social problems. Macfadden currently provides administrative and operational field support to the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). Supporting two field offices located in El Fasher and Nyala, Macfadden supports USAID temporary duty staff; the purchase and/or maintenance of office and guest house equipment; the recruitment and hiring of staff; the maintenance of communications system and the implementation of administrative, personnel and procurement support.
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 U.S. Department
of State (DOS)
Since 1993, Macfadden has aided the Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance for Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE), U.S. Department of State in assisting governments in transition, managing humanitarian assistance and shaping public policy for governments in transition and enabling economic development. Our intrinsic knowledge and understanding of foreign policy and knowledgeable regional policy experts support grants administration, security and law enforcement, economic development, program management and logistical support to ensure medical equipment, emergency cargo and supplies reach designated countries.
Through our work with the DOS, Macfadden has helped EUR/ACE become a model of efficiency in the U.S. government, with a ten to one ratio of delivered commodity value to operational costs. While helping relieve suffering in isolated populations throughout Eurasia, more than $162 million in assistance has been delivered through this program.
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