Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk has been led by Donald Trump’s efforts to abolish USAID as the head of the new department’s performance. A worker removes the US agency for international development marks at his headquarters in Washington DC February 7.Ba’ala Bartkoski/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump’s urgency to abolish the US key international aid organization on Friday, when a federal judge temporarily stopped efforts to put thousands of civil servants on leave.
Since the inauguration of Mr Trump last month, his administration has rapidly shifted to close the US Agency for International Development (USAD), which sends a shockwave through the global humanitarian aid system. And presented healthcare, poverty reduction and human rights measures around the world. At risk
In his first day, Mr. Trump paid 90 days on foreign aid, after a few days after a stop work orders for financial -driven organizations through USAID. This week, thousands of employees from the agency were told that they would be kept on a salary leave by the end of Friday. This left more than 10,000 employees and contractors’ manpower, leaving only several hundred workers, two -thirds of which work abroad.
A few hours before ordering, US District Judge Carl Nicholas issued a temporary order in response to a case filed by two unions representing federal employees, alleging that the Trump administration was working unconstitutional. Is The order applies to 2,200 USAID employees.
Attempts to abolish USAID, led by Mr Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk as the head of the new department’s performance, according to his ability, to eliminate government employees in the entire US federal government. The most obvious part of a widespread effort.
And it is being felt all over the world, where relief agencies depend on USAID finances US $ 40 billion annually to provide humanitarian services.
Julie Lajoi, assistant professor of global infectious diseases at the University of Monitoba, works with a nine -health clinic network in Nairobi, which focuses on the treatment and prevention of HIV in sex workers and other weak people.
“We were told on Wednesday that on Wednesday that the US government had to close our clinic by Monday, despite the exemption of the US government to continue offering life -saving treatment,” Professor Lajoi said in an interview.
“So this means that if you are living with HIV, there is no further access to HIV treatment, further prevention of HIV, no further testing, more for STI treatment. Access is not much accessible to TB treatment.
According to international aid professionals, similar stories are going on all over the world, which are stunned by the withdrawal of important funds.
A antibiotics and antibiotics drugs were trapped in a port in Sudan because employees are not allowed to move them, while medicines in the warehouses, a Canadian -governmental executive told The Globe & Mail There is a risk of deterioration. Democratic Republic of Congo. The world is not identifying the executive due to the risks of the funds posed by their organization.
In a social media post on Friday, Mr Trump directly demanded the closure of USAID and accuses him, without any evidence, fraud and corruption.
The US government has said it is providing exemptions to some organizations so that they can continue their health care work. Diana Sarosi, director of policy, campaigns and communications in Oxfam Canada, said it was difficult to get exemptions.
“It was not really clear whether this exemption is a real thing or just to engage organizations,” Ms Sarosi said in an interview.
He said that Oxfam Canada does not receive direct funds from USAID, but it contributes with organizations, and they have been directly affected by the freezing of funds and the stopwork order.
“We have never seen that. Often with different governments, financing for relief programs is reduced, and then dealing with organizations. But eliminating the entire department, including staff and funding, is just destroyed. Who is
The Canadian government has contributed to several projects with USAID, including Peru and LGBTQ human rights measures. Asked about the future of these programs, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement that he was reviewing the situation and “no further decision has been made at this time.”
A spokesman for International Development, Ahmed Hussein, said in a statement that the decision to close USAID was “deeply concerned” to the government.
Spokeswoman Olivia Batten said, “USAID’s leadership and the loss of resources represents a dangerous retreat that is at risk of decades of progress in fighting outbreaks, inequality, pandemic diseases and authoritarianism.”
He added: “Foreign aid is not a handout, it is investing in the security, security and welfare of Canadian citizens and communities around the world. Our government will not back down from its international promises.
Christopher Hernandes-Roy, deputy director of the United States program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the decision to shut down USAID has disputed an important part of the world’s “soft power” in the world.
“By helping these countries, you are helping yourself, if you are a United States, to prevent things like migration, provide young people with an alternative to enter a group or enter an international criminal organization For what is currently going to the cocaine or phenomena, “Mr. Harnandiz-Roy said in an interview.
Withdrawing the funds, he said, “You are allowing opponents like China to fill the gap. Will
