GOOD!! IRISH NGOs???? OMG! STOP THIS CRAP!
USAID to Irish NGOs? Faith and begorrah! There went the pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow!
USAID funding cuts have ‘massive’ impact on Irish NGOs,
FReeper Ann Archy helpfully posted
Irish aid projects in Sierra Leone, Somalia and Syria have been significantly affected.
<><>”GOAL” and “Concern” were the largest recipients of US tax dollars
<><>with annual tax dollars of €103 million and €58.3 million from USAID respectively.
<><>”Trócaire” received €1.38m from USAID
<><>”Self Help Africa” received €308,000 US tax dollars.
<><>GOAL’s Turkey-Syria program was most impacted as 85% of it is funded by USAID.
<><>”Trócaire” had USAID grants in Somalia, Sierra Leone, Honduras and Malawi
<><>largest impacts have been felt by local partners,
<><>some locals are up to 80% funded by USAID or UN programs funded by USAID.
<><>”Self Help Africa” decided to pull its services out of three African countries
<><>”Concern” confirmed that it has lost over €20 million in tax dollar funding from the US govt. …
<><>(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...
I share that reaction, this is bizzarro world stuff.