Latin Pop Star Juanes Meets With USAID to Discuss Opportunities for Collaboration

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Colombian pop star and humanitarian leader Juan Esteban Aristizabal, a.k.a. Juanes, met with staff from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to exchange ideas and discuss possible opportunities for partnership.  The conversation focused on USAID's programs in Latin America as well as the work of Fundacion Mi Sangre, a non-profit organization founded by Juanes and dedicated to peace building in Colombia, the artist's home country.  Fundacion Mi Sangre facilitates services to ensure the psychological and social rehabilitation of young landmine victims in Colombia and develops educational programs for peace building to promote children and youth as active agents of change.

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Also in attendance were Catalina Cock Duque, Executive Director of Fundacion Mi Sangre as well as Susan Reichle, Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, Peter Lapera, Acting Director of the South America for USAID's Bureau of Latin America and Caribbean Affairs and other representatives from USAID and the Department of State.

Photos from this event are public domain and can be obtained by contacting the USAID Press Office, [email protected].

For more information about USAID's programs, please visit: www.usaid.gov.

SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development