Didn’t Cambodia do that with our grain bags from USAID? Same liars, different country.
I’m not sure. But at a point in times I know that Cambodian government used food to keep people supporting the leaders.
I’ve had some experience with USAID in foreign countries, they did come through when no one else could/would. In N Syria, during the assault on Raqqa (ISIS headquarters). I had exchanges with my congressman about this long before the need was evident.