Victim
Support
Network
USAID Shutdown

‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age-old tropical illnesses

They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programmes are cut

Trump administration food aid cuts put millions at risk, aid sources say

Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close
USAID Stop-Work
The Guardian
Reuters

Want to share your own stories?

Focus on speaking for vulnerable groups

Famine relief for Syrian refugees and Yemen has been interrupted.

Disruption of female education programs in Afghanistan forces women to return to dangerous environments.

Three million children return to high-risk environments under Taliban rule.

Establish a transnational support network

Collaborate with local organizations and community members to expand the scope of support.

Provide psychological counseling and solutions for victims.

Urge the Trump administration to reconsider its own reforms and regain more support and attention in the international community.

Build a database for victims

Establish an open source database to disclose the flow of USAID's aid funds over the years and collect data on groups affected by the reorganization of USAID.

Develop a "victim's voice" network to collect victims' experiences.