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Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished

DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — Under the dappled light of a thatched shelter, Yagana Bulama cradles her surviving infant. The other twin is gone, a casualty of malnutrition and the international funding cuts that are snapping the lifeline for displaced communities in Nigeria’s insurgency-ravaged Borno state.

U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard

The Trump Administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down.

Monday briefing: How Trump’s cuts to USAID are already harming the world’s worst off

In today’s newsletter: The US aid agency has been a lifeline for developing nations since the 1960s – its destruction is already having huge consequences around the world

EU will struggle to fill gap left by USAID as European countries cut their budgets

NGOs warn of ‘some difficult years’ ahead as increasing humanitarian needs meet shrinking finances

‘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

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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.