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…]
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…]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing two months of additional compensation to some soon-to-be laid-off employees to prevent them from quitting early. MORE
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…]
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…]
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…]
When Marco Rubio fired the man in charge of dismantling USAID, he made enemies inside the MAGA movement. Peter Marocco, the Trump administration official in charge of dismantling USAID, left a meeting at the White House last week to return to his office at the State Department. But when he arrived, Marocco could not enter … [Read more…]
In Nigeria — home to 30 percent of the world’s annual 600,000 malaria deaths — clinics that once served 300 people a day in the conflict-hit Borno state have abruptly shut down, Ibrahim and other laid-off workers told AFP, following the withdrawal of American funding by President Donald Trump. MORE