China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country […]
Tag: U.S.A.I.D
Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Goes Up in Smoke
Two days before last Christmas, Dr. Pierre S. Prince took an exciting new job as director of Haiti’s largest public hospital, which the United States […]
U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records
A senior official at the main U.S. aid agency, which is being dismantled by the Trump administration, told employees to clear safes holding classified documents […]
Judge Orders U.S.A.I.D. and State Dept. to Pay Funds ‘Unlawfully’ Withheld
A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds” that the State Department and the U.S. Agency […]
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to […]
Benjamin Black Weighs Shift in U.S.A.I.D. Funding
At the United States Agency for International Development, thousands of workers have been fired or put on administrative leave and many of its projects addressing […]
Trump Appointees Fire 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. Employees and Put Others Worldwide on Leave
Trump administration appointees in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development sent employees an email on Sunday afternoon saying that they were firing 2,000 […]
U.S.A.I.D. Appointees Fire Hundreds Working on Urgent Humanitarian Aid
Trump administration appointees running the main United States aid agency have in recent days fired hundreds of employees who help manage responses to urgent humanitarian […]
U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front lines of […]
How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide
The money has restored coral reefs in the Seychelles, helped create a national park in Vietnam and turned former guerrillas into tour guides in Colombia. […]