OFID Awards Carter Center $800,000 Grant for Blinding Trachoma Elimination in Mali, Niger
March 27, 2017
March 27, 2017
ATLANTA, March 27 -- The Carter Center issued the following news release:
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded The Carter Center a grant of US$800,000 to help support an initiative to eliminate blinding trachoma in Mali and Niger.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters, the Center's CEO; and Dr. Walid Mehalaine, head of OFID's Grants and Technical Assistance Unit, gathered Friday, March 24, for a signing cerem . . .
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded The Carter Center a grant of US$800,000 to help support an initiative to eliminate blinding trachoma in Mali and Niger.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters, the Center's CEO; and Dr. Walid Mehalaine, head of OFID's Grants and Technical Assistance Unit, gathered Friday, March 24, for a signing cerem . . .