The aftershocks of abandonment: 6 months later, Canadian aid organizations urge feds to help fill $35B void left by U.S.

Author Sharlene Gandhi
Thirteen Canadian aid organizations affected by the dismantling of USAID and the subsequent funding cuts have received emergency support over the next two years.

Why It Matters

The eradication of USAID will have global ripple effects for decades. The agency, which had a budget of more than US$35 billion, was the backbone of much of the international assistance work in developing regions. This signals to other governments that they can also step back from their humanitarian commitments.

Canadian aid groups are in the midst of the aftershocks after the U.S. sent an earthquake of slashed funding through humanitarian crisis zones - and say Canada has an opportunity to rewrite the rules of foreign aid in its wake.

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