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In a statement Caritas Internationalis strongly condemns the decision to suspend USAID programmes for humanitarian and development aid around the world. The Secretary General of the confederation of charities operating in over 200 countries says this"will cause immense suffering.
In a statement issued on Monday 10 February, Alistair Dutton said the decision marks a grave threat"to people’s God-given human dignity" and"will cause immense suffering." He also noted the result"presents massive challenges for all of us in the global humanitarian community, who will have to completely reassess whom we can continue to serve and how.
In West Africa, for example, over six million people will not receive their medicines. The same applies to the 750,000 people facing starvation in Sudan or refugees in camps in Syria, where essential supplies of water are provided, without which"critical health problems immediately arise, which can kill millions of people...the people who need help are going to suffer enormously, if they don't simply die.
Caritas Internationalis recognises the right of any country to review its aid policies, but has warned over the chaos that could ensue due to the abrupt stop, especially as the United States provides around 40% of the world's total humanitarian aid budget.USAID has been an"essential partner" of Catholic relief efforts for over 60 years.
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