President Donald Trump’s administration plans to keep less than 300 employees less than 10,000 of the world for more than 10,000 for international development in the US agency, four sources reported to Reuters on Thursday.
Washington’s primary humanitarian aid agency has aimed at a government restructuring program by businessman Elon Musk, a close associate of Trump since the Republican President took over on 20 January.
Four sources familiar with the plan said only 294 employees in the agency would be allowed to keep their jobs, including only 12 in the bureau of Africa and eight in the Asia Bureau.
“It’s derogatory,” J. Brian Etwood said, who worked as the head of USAID for more than six years, adding the collective termination of personnel will effectively kill an agency that helped to protect millions of people around the world from dying. Is of
“A lot of people will not survive,” said Etwood, a senior companion at the Watson Institute of Brown University.
The US State Department did not respond to the request of the comment.
Along with Trump and Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, leveling false allegations, that its employees were criminals, dozens of USAID employees are kept on leave, hundreds of internal contractors have been closed and life-saving around the world The programs have been left in Limbo. ,
The administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to hire all USAID employees globally, and remembers thousands of personnel working abroad.
State Secretary Marco Rubio had said that the administration was identifying and nominating the programs that would be exempted from sweeping stop-work order, which have prevented the spread of the disease, prevent famine and otherwise to reduce poverty Efforts have been put in danger in.
The implementation of USAID partners is facing financial problems behind the stop-work order from the State Department.
USAID merger with state
Overhala will increase the lives of thousands of employees and their families.
The administration aims to merge the USAID with the state department under the leadership of Rubio, which has made Trump acting USAID Administrator. However, it is not clear that he can merge the agencies until the Congress votes to do so, as the USAID was created and funded by laws that live in place.
According to the Congress’s Research Services (CRS), the USAID appointed over 10,000 people from around the world to two-thirds of the United States. It managed more than $ 40 billion in FY 2023, the most recent year for which complete data is.
On Thursday, sources familiar with the incidents in the agency said that some workers had started receiving the end notice.
The USAID website stated that by midnight of Friday, February 7, “All USAID Direct Higher personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, which will be placed on mission-conductical tasks, core leadership and specially designated programs. Will be with exception. “
It said that the essential personnel expecting to continue the work will be informed on EST at 3 pm on Thursday.
The agency provided assistance to some 130 countries in 2023, many of them shattered by conflicts and deteriorated deeply. According to the CRS report, the top recipients were Ukraine, followed by Ethiopia, Jordan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Yemen and Afghanistan.
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