Supporting Vulnerable Populations
In Zambia, a program to protect women and combat gender-based violence in remote fishing camps has been shut down. These women and girls are now “at risk of being forced into exploitative “sex for fish” practices.”
ReliefWeb, 03/08/2025
A field hospital in Sudan that delivered approximately 50 babies a week to women with complicated pregnancies has been closed. “The hospital served women living more six hours from the next closest health facility.”
Devex, 02/28/2025
Programs to support “[e]ighty-seven shelters that took care of 33,000 women who were victims of rape and domestic violence in South Africa” have been canceled.
The New York Times, 02/27/2025
In Afghanistan, “secret schools” educating hundreds of Afghan girls have been suspended. Classes at the American University of Afghanistan, an online school and one of the last remaining options for higher education for women in the country, have also been suspended.
The New York Times, 02/21/2025; NPR, 02/11/2025
The Family Planning Organization of the Philippines was supposed to start a new project to raise awareness and reduce teen pregnancies, which have been on the rise, particularly among girls under 15 years old. The project is now on hold.
Devex, 02/13/2025
In Burkina Faso, a program tracking violence against Christian communities has been halted, leaving the communities more vulnerable to attacks.
Devex, 02/11/2025
In Peru and Ecuador, nearly 100,000 refugees will lose services that help them stay, rather than migrate to the United States.
Global Health Council, 02/05/2025
PEPFAR will be unable to provide services to 3,618 people experiencing domestic and sexual violence every day. This includes things like rape kits, HIV testing, post-exposure prophylaxis, and other essential services.
amfAR, 01/20/2025
As many as 1,000 migrants are seeking asylum in Mexico every day. Due to the foreign aid freeze, “nonprofit shelters, legal aid providers and other groups that work with migrants in Mexico [have been forced to] lay off staff members or suspend their operations.”
Los Angeles Times, 03/04/2025
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a program supporting 80 radio stations that provided vital information regarding which areas were safe for displaced persons to flee to, was terminated.
Devex, 02/28/2025
In southwest Uganda, a nonprofit managing the transit centers for thousands of Congolese refugees—particularly children arriving alone and women fleeing sexual violence and rape—has had to cut both its mental health and livelihoods programs.
Devex, 02/17/2025
Programs and resources for Venezuelan migrants to receive Temporary Protection Permits (PPT) and be regularized in Colombia have been suspended, leaving the migrants unable to access health care and work permits, among other challenges.
Voice Of America, 02/12/2025
In Brazil, support for the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity, which focuses on “conservation and improving livelihoods for Indigenous peoples and other forest communities,” has been frozen.
AP, 02/05/2025
More than 400 Burmese students lost their scholarships for higher education. Over a quarter of the students had fled Myanmar following the military coup.
Voice of America, 01/31/2025
In Sinjar, Iraq—a town where thousands of Yazidis had previously been massacred by the Islamic State—the foreign aid freeze “has halted operations to provide water and electricity, primary healthcare centres, the construction of schools, community centres and other basic infrastructure at a time when thousands of Yazidis are returning home after more than a decade in Syrian refugee camps.”
The Guardian, 02/13/2025
Shelter programs for minors seeking protection from criminal gang recruitment in Central America have been halted.
Devex, 02/11/2025
In the Honduras and Guatemala, more than 22,000 women and girls will lose access to services that protect them from domestic violence.
Global Health Council, 02/05/2025
In Brazil, two organizations working to assist Venezuelans fleeing Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship shut down their operations.
The Guardian, 01/30/2025
“More than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban to pursue higher education in Oman now face imminent return back to Afghanistan” because their scholarships, funded by USAID, have been terminated.”
BBC, 03/06/2025
In Sudan, a program led by Search for Common Ground, which had “brought the only delegation of women to U.S.-led peace talks — ultimately leading to the opening of a humanitarian corridor in Darfur” was terminated.
Devex, 02/28/2025
130,390 women will be denied contraceptive care every day. Over the course of the full 90-day review period, 11.7 million women and girls will be denied essential contraceptive care. Of those 11.7 million, 4.2 million will experience unintended pregnancies, and 8,340 will die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
Guttmacher Institute, 01/2025