Wall Street Journal5d
How Much the U.S. Spent on Foreign Aid—and Where It Went
The U.S. was the world’s largest funder of foreign aid for decades—propping up education, health services and human rights in developing countries and supporting the militaries of strategic ...
CNN6d
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claims that the United States continues to ...
The New York Times5d
One Very Real Problem Lost in the Politics of Aid Cuts: Child Malnutrition
As President Trump suspends a large share of foreign aid, the winner of my annual win-a-trip contest is reflecting on her reporting with me in Africa. The winner, Trisha Mukherjee, has written ...
CNN6d
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
However, multiple USAID staff and contractors who have spoken to CNN say that’s not reflective of the situation on the ground. Almost all USAID humanitarian assistance programs remain stopped in ...
ABC News6d
Nonprofits, NGOs scramble to provide global aid amid USAID uncertainty
Organizations described being locked out of systems and unable to access funds. Despite verbal assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio about allowing lifesaving humanitarian aid to continue ...
The Denver Post4d
Billions in unspent aid lacks oversight after Trump targets USAID, watchdog warns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid following the Trump administration’s foreign ...
Daily Mail5d
Where DOES our aid spending go? See which countries are getting UK cash after Donald Trump moved to scrap US agency that spent overseas
Aid spending has been thrown back into the limelight after Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk gutted the United States' overseas spending programme. The Trump administration has presented a plan to ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation5d
Trafficking and crime will rise after US foreign aid freeze, experts say
Abdus Salam was enticed to move to Cambodia by the promise of a $US1,000 ($1,592) monthly salary as a computer operator. But after the textiles engineer from ...
Nursing Times5d
First refugee nurses graduate from pilot in South Yorkshire
A programme that supports refugee nurses to pass their qualifications, join the register and start working in the NHS has seen its first cohort graduate. The ReSTORE programme supports refugees in ...
International Rescue Committee5d
What is humanitarian aid and why is it important?
Every day, millions of people worldwide face life-threatening crises. Humanitarian aid is a vital lifeline that delivers a variety of essential services to those in need. But as global crises escalate ...
NPR2d
Up First from NPR
NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News — in 10 minutes. Available weekdays at 6:30 a.m. ET, with ...
BBC6d
KS3 / KS4 / GCSE History: War work for women during World War One
Their young girls joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Formed before the war, and still going today, it came into its own, sending women as ambulance drivers to France. Hundreds of other ...