A Huge Number of People Starved to Death After Elon Musk Cut USAID's Funding

"In the weeks following the second inauguration of Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk - appointed to a powerful position in the government after supporting Trump's run -began laying waste to a number of government agencies with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). One major target in his crosshairs was USAID, an international development agency that has historically distributed billions of dollars inaid across the world."

"The United States was the program's largest donor by a significant margin, contributing $4.45 billion last year. Funding cuts have been devastating for the WFP's lifesaving programs ever since. Around 720,000 refugees in Kenya relied on the organization to survive. But without foreign aid from the US, the WFP was forced to cut rations dramatically, trapping over 300,000 people in the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya - one of the largest in the world - with almost nothing to eat."

DOGE, led by Elon Musk, targeted USAID and enacted swift cuts that undermined US foreign aid. The World Food Programme in Kenya lost critical US funding and fell into disarray. The United States had been the WFP's largest donor, contributing $4.45 billion the previous year. Around 720,000 refugees depended on the WFP, and rations were cut so drastically that over 300,000 people in Kakuma camp were left with almost nothing to eat. Numerous people, including children, died of malnourishment. The Gates Foundation warned that sustained funding cuts could reverse decades of progress and raise child mortality.

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