“My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. “I’m very concerned, especially for the children and the women.”
Sahat is a Rohingya activist and photographer primarily based in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Listening to Donald Trump’s determination to chop USAid got here as a shock to Sahat. US overseas help is a lifeline for the numerous hundreds of individuals within the camp, offering entry to meals, schooling and healthcare.
The Guardian columnist and author of the Lengthy Wave publication, Nesrine Malik, explains to Lucy simply how huge and diverse USAid’s work has been over the a long time – from offering catastrophe reduction and the provision of medicines to democracy-building and the preservation of pure habitats.
The sudden determination to right away cease USAid’s operations has led to chaos internationally. Nesrine describes how Africa is the continent most uncovered, with soup kitchens closed and HIV remedy now not out there.
The Lengthy Wave: Why Trump’s USAid freeze endangers tens of millions
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