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Trump moves to shutdown US govt aid agency
FRANCE 24 English
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2/7/2025
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The world's largest foreign aid organisation, USAID, had a $42 billion budget in 2024,
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but on Friday it's essentially shutting up shop.
00:10
The UN chief of humanitarian affairs told France24
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that leaves a gaping hole in global humanitarian aid budgets.
00:18
So we've got to make the case afresh for humanitarian solidarity,
00:21
for support for the poorest people, those in direst need.
00:24
We've got to make that case in Washington and across America.
00:28
We need a humanitarian movement now to step up and fill this gap,
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otherwise tens of millions will die.
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The USAID workforce, formerly 10,000 strong, will be reduced to 600.
00:41
Most will be on furlough as of midnight on Friday and recalled to the United States.
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USAID receives policy guidance from the State Department,
00:50
but remains an independent organisation,
00:53
funding and sometimes running international development projects across the globe.
00:57
Among them, Doctors of the World in Turkey.
01:00
60% funded by USAID, they will have to shutter 12 field hospitals in northern Syria,
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cutting their daily consultations from 5,000 to 500.
01:11
We just received the stop work order, you know, suddenly.
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I mean, imagine for us as a medical organisation that is providing,
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you know, life-saving services,
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you are saying basically close all the clinics,
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stop all your doctors and all your healthcare professionals.
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Trump's decision to gut the agency drew protests on Wednesday.
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And the employees aren't going down without a fight.
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Two trade unions filed a lawsuit on Thursday,
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arguing that the president does not have the authority to shut down a government agency
01:49
without the approval of Congress.
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