In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

Mali's literacy project taught thousands of young people to read and write. Trump's USAID cuts shut it all down

Thousands of people who now find themselves stranded in Mali, a country ravaged by high poverty where 70% of the population can't read or write.

USAID funding cuts hit local language learning programme in Mali that empowered thousands

The “Shifin ni Tagne” project shuts down following the Trump administration’s decision to cut 90% of USAID’s foreign aid

In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands. The project was backed by $25 million in funding from the U.S.