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NGOs in Albania received $189 million from USAID, Grenell shares the figures: Here's how Americans' money is being wasted

2025-02-04 17:29:44Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Donald Trump's special envoy for crises, Richard Grenell, has published the USAID funds that non-governmental organizations in the Balkans have benefited from for 4 years, specifically during the period 2020 - 2024.  

In Albania, NGOs have benefited from $189 million over 4 years. In total, USAID has provided $1.7 billion to the six Western Balkan countries. 

Kosovo: $537 million
Bosnia and Herzegovina: $402 million
North Macedonia: $290 million
Serbia: $209 million
Albania: $189 million
Montenegro: $77 million

On his first day in office on January 20, President Donald Trump imposed a 90-day freeze on aid to other countries. Four days later, Peter Marocco, a political appointee since the first Trump administration, drafted a harsher-than-expected interpretation of the order, closing thousands of programs around the world, triggering cuts and layoffs.

Dozens of senior officials have been furloughed, thousands of contractors have been laid off, and employees were told Monday not to enter the headquarters in Washington. And USAID's website and its account on the X platform are down.

This is part of the measures that the Trump administration is taking across the federal government and its programs. But USAID and aid to other countries are among those that have been hit hardest. Secretary Rubio said the administration's goal was to review, program by program, to see which projects make "America safer, stronger or more prosperous."

The decision to close U.S.-funded programs during the 90-day review meant the U.S. would "get much more cooperation" from recipients of humanitarian, development and security assistance, Secretary Rubio said.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Mr. Musk, has launched a sweeping effort, authorized by President Trump, to cut government employees and cut trillions of dollars from the government budget. USAID is one of its main targets. Mr. Musk claims that USAID funds have been used to set up deadly programs and called it a "criminal organization."

How much does the US spend on aid to other countries?

In total, the United States spent about $40 billion in aid to other countries in fiscal year 2023, according to a report released last month by the Congressional Research Service, a nonpartisan entity.

The United States is the largest contributor of humanitarian aid globally, although some other countries spend a larger portion of their budgets on this purpose. Aid to other countries generally amounts to less than 1% of the United States budget.

NGOs in Albania received $189 million from USAID, Grenell shares the figures:
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