The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CARICOM yesterday signed agreements that will see countries of the eastern and southern Caribbean benefiting from US$165 million in development assistance.

An estimated US$89 million will target the reduction of youth involvement in crime and violence in target communities, while US$52 million is designated to achieving epidemic control of HIV/AIDS among key populations, and $31 million will go towards reducing the risks to human and natural assets resulting from climate vulnerability.

CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission Director, Christopher Cushing, initialled the five-year Development Objective Agreements at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana.

US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway, who was among several dignitaries witnessing the signing, said the initiatives funded under the agreements would improve the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable groups, including youth and socially marginalized populations.

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