Joseph Guyler Delva

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Nita Bhalla |Bukola Adebayo |Rohullah Talaash |Joseph Guyler Delva

For almost five years, Sumaya's work as a psychologist at a charity-run clinic in northwest Syria offered a lifeline to the many people scarred by the country's 14-year civil war. She counseled patients depressed and suicidal after years in displacement camps, or traumatized by the conflict. But everything changed on Jan. 20 when U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly halted the aid that funded the clinic in the town of Sarmada.

1 month ago | context.news | Nita Bhalla |Bukola Adebayo |Rohullah Talaash |Joseph Guyler Delva

What’s the context? Tens of thousands of local aid workers across the world suffer layoffs as Trump freezes USAID funding. From Haiti to Afghanistan, aid workers lose jobs overnightSome aid workers forced to take loans, cut back on foodFew opportunities if USAID freeze is not liftedNAIROBI/LAGOS/KABUL/PORT-AU-PRINCE - For almost five years, Sumaya's work as a psychologist at a charity-run clinic in northwest Syria offered a lifeline to the many people scarred by the country's 14-year civil war.