May 1 | Washington, D.C.: World Bank Global Facility
Not only is Washington, D.C., a great cultural and historical center, but it is also the seat of our nation’s government. Today, I have toured the White House, the U.S. Capital, and the United States Supreme Court Building. The United States operates under a government that separates its powers into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The separate branches of government protect our democracy by ensuring that one branch cannot become too powerful.

One of the functions of government is to provide services to its citizens. Schools, roads, and protection are services provided by various levels of government. One such service that governments provide is to send aid to places that have suffered a natural disaster. Every year, natural disasters, such as drought, tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, occur around the world. People lose their homes and businesses and infrastructure is destroyed. Communities need help cleaning and rebuilding what was lost. The World Bank Global Facility is an organization that is headquartered in Washington, D.C. This organization works with the United Nations to provide assistance to places around the world. I’m glad people are uniting to deliver help where it is needed when a tragedy occurs.