US EditionUS farm agency cancels food aid for children in poor countries
- The USDA canceled funding by July 2025 for 11 of 13 Catholic Relief Services projects providing school meals across 11 countries globally.
- This decision follows a January 20, 2025, directive aimed at ensuring foreign aid supports America’s strategic goals, alongside White House efforts to curb international spending.
- These cancellations affect more than 780,000 children who rely on the meals as their main nutrition source, with programs proven to improve food security and school attendance.
- Sean Callahan, President of CRS, described the decision as a devastating setback for many children who depend on these meals for their health and education, and called on the administration to reverse course and reinstate funding.
- The USDA stated terminated programs did not align with the Trump administration’s agenda focused on making America stronger, while CRS warned the cuts risk worsening hunger and migration.
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Our Sunday VisitorCuts to CRS food aid projects could impact hundreds of thousands of children, group says
Catholic Relief Services said May 21 that most of its projects under a federal international food aid program were terminated, leaving hundreds of thousands of children more vulnerable to hunger.
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Catholic Relief Services loses federal funds for 11 of 13 international food aid programs
Catholic Relief Services distributes food for school children at one of the schools in the Department of Totonicapán, Guatemala, with the help of parent volunteers. / Credit: Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 18... [...]
Catholic Relief Services loses funds for 11 international food aid programs
Catholic Relief Services distributes food for school children at one of the schools in the Department of Totonicapán, Guatemala, with the help of parent volunteers. / Credit: Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 18:13 pm (CNA). As part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape American foreign aid, his administration is ending federal funds for nearly a dozen projects operated by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) …
Exclusive-US Farm Agency Cancels Food Aid for Children in Poor Countries
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has terminated 17 projects under a foreign aid program that funds school meals for children in low-income countries, according to an email sent from USDA to congressional staff.
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