South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 5 mins ago
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A year after USAID cuts, Philippine development groups struggle as anger lingers
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Development organizations in the Philippines report ongoing hardship a year after US aid cuts, with job losses and project cancellations continuing to affect vulnerable communities across the region.
A year after USAID cuts, Philippine development groups struggle as anger lingers
A year after Washington froze and then slashed foreign aid, development workers in the Philippines and across the region say the damage is still being felt, with job losses and abandoned projects continuing to threaten some of Asia’s most vulnerable groups.
“On a personal level, it was the loss of income. But we lost a lot of critical projects in the country,” Sharon*, a former country representative for a US-based organisation overseeing these projects in the Philippines, said in an...
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