On his first day in workplace, President Trump determined to freeze all U.S. overseas assist. Quickly after, his administration successfully dissolved USAID—the federal company that delivers billions in meals, medication, and different assist worldwide. A lot of its applications have been canceled. Now, as USAID formally winds down, we attempt to assess its impression. What was good? What was not so good? We meet individuals world wide wrestling with these questions and making an attempt to navigate this chaotic second.
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- Prologue: Only one field of a specifically enriched peanut butter paste can save the lifetime of a severely malnourished baby. So why have 500,000 of these containers been caught in warehouses in Rhode Island? (13 minutes)
- Act One: USAID was based in 1961. Since then, it has spent a whole lot of billions of {dollars} everywhere in the world. What did that get us? Producer David Kestenbaum talked with Joshua Craze and John Norris about that. (12 minutes)
- Act Two: Two Individuals moved to Eswatini when that nation was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic. With assist from USAID, they constructed a clinic and began serving HIV+ sufferers. Now that US assist for his or her clinic has ended, they’re questioning if what they did was totally a superb factor. (27 minutes)
- Act Three: When USAID out of the blue stopped all overseas help with out warning or a transition plan, it despatched individuals everywhere in the world scrambling. Particularly these counting on each day medication offered by USAID. Producer Ike Sriskandarajah spoke to 2 households in Kenya who have been making an attempt to determine it out. (8 minutes)
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