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Aid Cuts = 100 Deaths per Hour
July 11, 2025
In a National Catholic Reporter article last month, Allison Prang reported on the fallout from the abrupt pullback of roughly $60 billion in humanitarian aid. The USAID cuts have resulted in deaths around the world and are hampering Catholic charity organizations global work, such as support services for Rohingya refugee camps and an AIDS prevention program in Africa. According to PEPFAR Impact Counter, 100 people are dying each hour!
European countries have also pulled back on humanitarian aid in recent years. The U.K said earlier this year that it will invest a smaller percentage of its gross national income on humanitarian aid to increase its spending on defense, and France, Belgium and the Netherlands are also aiming to cut aid.
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Poor & Vulnerable
July 12, 2025 07:11 AM CST
The numbers quoted are all based on speculation. How about if these countries purchase the medicine from producers and care for their own folks? The corrupt governments must be voted out. Or the humanitarian aid groups can fund own work.