Transition of Management of Active USAID Awards to the Department of State

EMAIL FROM USAID… June 27, 2025 Dear USAID Partners, We are writing to inform you that, effective July 1, 2025, management of all active USAID awards will transition to the Department of State for continued oversight.  As a part of this transition:  We are committed to ensuring an orderly transition to our colleagues at the … [Read more…]

State Department prepares to cut 2,000 employees as soon as Friday, sources say

The U.S. Department of State is preparing to cut its workforce by 2,000 employees as soon as Friday, three sources familiar with the planning told NBC News. The downsizing would include hundreds of foreign service officers, four sources confirmed. The State Department submitted a plan to Congress for a large-scale overhaul of the diplomatic agency … [Read more…]

The U.S. bought $12 million in aid for poor nations. Under Trump, it may be destroyed.

Aid organizations have been in talks about taking control of the contraceptives and HIV prevention medication, but those negotiations have stalled amid shifting directives from the government, a Post examination found. More than $12 million worth of contraceptives and HIV-prevention medications purchased by the U.S. government as aid for developing countries under programs thathavesince been … [Read more…]

Trump may soon destroy millions of HIV-prevention materials… unless he sells them first

Staffers have allegedly been told to trash the USAID drugs if they can’t sell them for a profit. Staffers at the remnants of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the foreign aid agency dismantled at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, have been instructed to destroy AIDS/HIV drugs and other life-saving … [Read more…]

USAID Offers Workers Bonuses to Stay Until They’re Laid Off

Some employees may be eligible for eight more weeks of pay Mass exodus could cause chaos as agency winds down, officials say. The US Agency for International Development is offering some soon-to-be laid off workers two months of extra pay not to quit, as agency officials fret over potential fallout from workers leaving early, according … [Read more…]

‘We have to try lifting ourselves’: USAID workers fired months ago are still scrambling for jobs

They were among the first of the federal employees to lose their jobs, and months later, laid off workers for the U.S. Agency for International Development are still struggling to regain their footing. Wayan Vota, who spent decades improving technology across developing countries, created a Substack site to help his former colleagues search for new … [Read more…]

Impact of USAID Withdrawal on Global Education and Skills Development

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has created an unprecedented crisis in global education and skills development, with far-reaching consequences for access, equity, and the quality of learning worldwide. This report, commissioned by the European Training Foundation (ETF), examines the implications of USAID’s funding withdrawal through four key lenses: funding … [Read more…]