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The colorful motifs are taken from a wooden candleholder (that artist’s signature is in bottom left corner), painted in the traditional folk art style (“Petrykivka”; featuring flower patterns and natural elements), that a dear one brought back from Ukraine.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was created in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy to partner with countries around the world to implement long-term development efforts and work together with individuals, communities, countries to improve everyday lives. Recent projects include aiding famine-stricken regions in Sudan, providing textbooks for displaced schoolchildren in Ukraine, and training healthcare workers in Rwanda. [020225 News Headline: “Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says, ‘We’re shutting it down’” — WaPo]