President Donald Trump frozen almost all foreign aids in the United States after taking office, and issued a "stop work" order to groups funded by the US government. Above: At the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic, members of the Honduras Armed Forces carried a box with a diagnostic kit for detecting the COVID-19, which was donated by the US International Development Agency and the International Immigration Organization. Orlando Sira/Agence France -Presse/Getty Picture Club/Agence France -Presse Hidden title
Due to the memorandum of "stop work" issued by the State Council on Friday, almost all of the aid projects that rely on US funds around the world need to stop operation.
The internal memorandum obtained by NPR expanded the 90 -day administrative order released by President Trump on Monday.
The new instructions means that these plans may have to take a vacation or dismiss employee and stop operation until they are reviewed and determined whether they are in line with President Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda.
According to this memo signed by the Secretary of State, "the comprehensive review of all foreign aid within 85 days of the government should be completed within 85 days, and a report shall be submitted to the Secretary of State for its consideration and suggestions to the president." National Marco Rubio.
For this order: assistance to Israel and Egypt and emergency food assistance.
Overseas employees of the US International Development Agency, which are mainly responsible for managing humanitarian and development assistance, will not be affected.
However, many organizations that have obtained development funds from the United States are located in the country of its operations and hire local and American employees. All these employees are facing the risk of short -term wages and long -term losing work.
A senior official of the US International Development Agency was deeply concerned about the influence of orders on Friday. The official sent an anonymous statement to the NPR because they had no right to speak on behalf of the agency.
The statement reads: "The stop work order is completely reckless." "The impact of this stop order will not only have a negative impact on the US's foreign aid plan and the expected beneficiaries of these plans, but also There is a negative impact on daily life: those who need to take care of their families and people must buy food are urgent to reform the US foreign aid, but these severe measures are not available. "
The leader of a humanitarian organization cooperated with the US International Development Agency told the National Public Broadcasting Station: "They threw a grenade in foreign aid. The lives of people around the world were threatened." It was retaliated due to his speech.
The leader told the National Public Broadcasting Station: "We may have to withdraw employees who provide key services at the scene and fired American employees." "We are unable to continue to provide funds for our project because we don’t know if we will be based on whether we will be based on whether we will be based on whether we will be based on whether we will be based on our projects. The contract with the US agency is compensated.
Assistance experts warn that this move may have an unstable impact on countries, which are vital to humanitarian assistance.
"This has a huge impact on the entire global aid system." The charitable institution did not accept funding from the US government. "Frankly speaking, this is a cruel decision, which is stable for millions of people around the world."
"What we really need and what we want is the decision to withdraw the stop order. We need funds and planning to advance. For our partners, our network, and our community, at least we need to communicate clearly so that people can be in this terrible terrible in this terrible Formulate plans in the new reality, "Maxman said.