The Impact Feed

In northern Uganda, the U.S. canceled a $15 million program that would have helped refugees start small businesses. Thousands of South Sudanese families have been left with no path to self-reliance beyond emergency aid.

In Madagascar, the loss of a USAID-funded health program has left remote communities without care, driving up maternal deaths, malaria, and disease outbreaks.

Syrian families who once counted on U.S.-funded cash and food assistance are now facing hunger and eviction as humanitarian support dries up, Foreign Policy reports.

Somalia’s health system is collapsing under the weight of U.S. withdrawal. Clinics once supported by American aid are now turning away malnourished children.

U.S. funding cuts have derailed once-successful HIV programs in Lesotho, the AP reports. The move has forced clinics to scale back services and threatened hard-won gains in treatment and prevention

The decline of U.S. foreign aid could open space for smarter, locally led models, argues former USAID administrator Raj Shah in this opinion for The New York Times.

Across Africa, The Washington Post maps where U.S. aid cuts are being felt most—from shuttered health clinics to food shortages. The fallout spans dozens of countries

The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is deteriorating rapidly. The Associated Press reports starvation and death in a country that once counted the U.S. as its largest humanitarian donor.

Babies are dying in Cameroon after malaria programs lost U.S. backing. Health officials say the cuts have crippled prevention efforts.

In Kenya’s Turkana County, one in three children screened by Save the Children are acutely malnourished amid overlapping impacts of U.S. and U.K. aid cuts, drought, and climate shocks.

Five-year-old Suza Kenyaba died of malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo after U.S.-funded medication sat in a regional warehouse due to a suspension of foreign aid. The Washington Post reports that across dozens of countries, USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV supplies were late or never arrived.

U.S. aid cuts have forced girls out of school and left women facing rising hunger, early marriage, and health risks in Uganda’s Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Nicholas Kristof writes.

In Yemen, The Guardian traces a mother’s death to a single U.S. aid decision. The story captures how bureaucracy in Washington can reverberate thousands of miles away.

In northeast Nigeria, the termination of a U.S.-funded nutrition program left tens of thousands of children without lifesaving food. One mother’s infant died days after the cut and aid agencies warn that malnutrition and child deaths are rising across Borno state

In Zambia, people living with HIV lost access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs after U.S. aid was cut. Months later, clinics remain understocked and patients are struggling to survive without treatment.

America’s retreat from global disaster response has seen humanitarian crises deepen, Vox reports. Countries like Afghanistan and Sudan have struggled to fill the gap once covered by U.S. emergency aid.

A USAID-funded school for children orphaned or displaced by Boko Haram now faces closure after U.S. funding was halted, leaving hundreds of students in limbo.

In northeastern Nigeria, families walk miles with severely malnourished children to clinics that are now closed, according to reporting from The New York Times. The U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid disrupted the supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food, putting tens of thousands of young lives at immediate risk.

In northern Nigeria, organizations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations, Al Jazeera reports.

The loss of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USAID grants has forced layoffs, patrol cuts, and stalled anti-poaching efforts across Africa.

Bill Gates argues in The Wall Street Journal that U.S. aid for global health is still saving lives, emphasizing that vaccines and medical support remain among America’s most effective global investments

In the U.S. heartland, The New York Times tells how Kansas farmers once supplied grain for U.S. food-aid programs abroad. After those contracts were canceled, many are struggling to sell their crops and facing mounting financial losses

Seven-year-old Babagana Bukar Mohammed died in Bama, Nigeria, when the USAID-funded clinic he relied on was closed during a pause in U.S. foreign aid. Experts who spoke to NPR for the story say timely care for sickle cell disease could have saved him.

NBC News cites new research predicting that U.S. aid cuts could lead to as many as 14 million deaths over five years. The analysis underscores how deeply intertwined global health systems are with U.S. funding.

When the U.S. reneged on nutrition aid in Nepal, malnourished children paid the price, Science Magazine reports.. Health workers describe a wave of preventable deaths.

Rural life in Nepal is getting harder. Global Press Journal documents how farmers are struggling to adapt as development programs lose funding.

Zimbabwe is reckoning with the catastrophic loss of U.S. assistance. Can the country become self-sufficient, or will it turn to China? Global Press Journal investigates.

Drug cartels and criminal clans in Colombia are gaining ground as peacebuilding programs collapse. The Telegraph links the resurgence to the loss of USAID support.

Seven-year-old Babagana Bukar Mohammed died in Bama, Nigeria, when the USAID-funded clinic he relied on was closed during a pause in U.S. foreign aid. Experts who spoke to NPR for the story say timely care for sickle cell disease could have saved him.

Millions of tons of food sat rotting in warehouses after U.S. funding was withdrawn, according to Reuters. Aid workers say the suspension has left entire regions without supplies.