Uganda LGBTQ Concerned about Shut Down of USAID

(3 Minutes Read)

USAID has been one of the agencies hardest hit as the new White House administration and Elon Musk’s budget-cutting team target federal programs they say are wasteful or not aligned with a conservative agenda. The funding cuts mean reversing years of gains in the country.

Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights are scared about their future as U.S. President Donald Trump shut down the government’s main agency for delivering humanitarian aid to other countries, USAID. The Africa Queer Network gets most of its funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Activists and employees attached to USAID received a letter at the end of January ordering them to stop work immediately after Trump ordered USAID to halt most of its work.

USAID has been one of the agencies hardest hit as the new White House administration and Elon Musk’s budget-cutting team target federal programs they say are wasteful or not aligned with a conservative agenda. The funding cuts mean reversing years of gains in the country.

Read Also:

http://trendsnafrica.com/usaid-closure-imminent/

USAID has been the biggest funder of HIV programs, with around 20 million people receiving drugs and testing services through associated organizations. Activists are also concerned about the tough asylum norms of the Trump Administration because of the harsh punishments being meted out to LGBT activists having same-sex orientation.