Trump Administration Slashes $60 Billion in Foreign Aid, Impacting Millions
The Trump administration has executed a sweeping reduction in foreign aid, slashing over $60 billion in funding and eliminating 90% of USAID contracts. The move has shuttered vital programs worldwide, leaving millions without access to healthcare, food, and humanitarian aid.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) sent termination letters to 10,000 NGOs, citing the cuts as being in the “interest of the U.S. government.”
Global Impact of Aid Cuts
The loss of U.S. funding has triggered severe humanitarian crises across multiple countries:
- Congo: Action Against Hunger will stop treating malnourished children, putting thousands at risk.
- Ethiopia: Food aid for 1 million people has ceased, and 5,000 healthcare workers lost jobs.
- Senegal: The country’s largest malaria prevention program has been shut down.
- South Sudan: Over 115,000 people lost access to quality healthcare and nutrition services.
- Colombia: A program serving 50,000 displaced people was closed.
- Sudan: 90 communal kitchens shut down, cutting food aid for 500,000 people.
- Bangladesh: 600,000 women and children lost maternal healthcare and violence protection services.
- Ukraine: Cash-based humanitarian programs assisting 1 million people were suspended.
- Afghanistan: 9 million people affected by the suspension of mobile health teams.
- Syria: Aid for 2.5 million people halted, forcing dozens of health clinics to close.
- Nigeria: 25,000 malnourished children will stop receiving food assistance by April.
- Yemen: 220,000 displaced people lost access to critical maternal health services.
U.N. and NGOs Raise Alarms
U.N. officials have warned that the cuts will worsen conflicts, human trafficking, and global health crises. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General, emphasized that these cuts will have “catastrophic humanitarian consequences.”
As countries scramble to fill the funding gap, millions remain vulnerable, facing starvation, disease outbreaks, and conflict-related displacement.
Source: abcnews