‘How will I eat?’: USAID cuts devastate Kenya’s Turkana refugees, slashing food rations amid shortages

‘How will I eat?’: USAID cuts devastate Kenya’s Turkana refugees, slashing food rations amid shortages

LODWAR (Kenya), April 10 — In Kenya’s largest and poorest county, the despair of a beleaguered hospital director is palpable as he explains that the dismantling of American-funded aid means his facility will run out of USAID drugs next month. “From then on, I don’t know,” Ekiru Kidalio said, worried about the lack of treatment for measles and HIV among other things. Northernmost Turkana county borders Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda and is home…

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Edesia looks for clarity amid chaos of Trump cuts - TPR: The Public's Radio

Outside Edesia’s North Kingstown headquarters, bulldozers are busy digging the foundation for a giant new warehouse to store the company’s product: Plumpy’Nut, a life-saving fortified peanut butter to feed malnourished children around the world. The construction project, planned long before the abrupt gutting of USAID, is funded by private donors.  The Bezos family gave $137 […] The post Edesia looks for clarity amid chaos of Trump cuts appeared…

USAID Cuts Leave Northern Kenya Struggling for Support

In Kenya’s largest and most impoverished county, the frustration of a hospital director battling a looming health crisis is unmistakable. His facility is just weeks away from running out of vital USAID medical supplies, following the withdrawal of American aid. “From then on, I don’t know,” said Ekiru Kidalio, acting director of Lodwar County Referral Hospital, as he expressed deep concern over how his hospital will treat illnesses such as measl…