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The state department has announced that the Trump administration will provide $ 93 million to 12 African countries and Haiti in new food assistance to fight malnutrition.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigot said in a press briefing on Thursday that the Trump administration treated about one million children suffering from malnutrition through $ 93 million in the prepared-use medical food (Rutf).
Food aid will be distributed to Haiti, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Congo, Djibouti, Kenya and Chad.
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Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lummi (L) meets patients at an malnutrition center near Chad border with Sudan, where thousands of refugees are crossing the Chad in Adre on 24 January 2025 and crossing the civil war. Chad is one of the countries in which the US recently announced a $ 93 million in Food Aid. (Photo by Stephen Russo/Pool/AFP through Getty Image)
After the announcement, Pigot was asked to reduce the discrepancy amid the destruction of the Trump administration of the Visa -related visa in the US and with the efforts of the administration to promote stability in the area through food assistance, with the efforts of the administration, they are planned to be potentially deported.
“Look, we have seen action from this administration to try to encourage stability in Haiti. We have seen the tasks that have been tried to go after those who are leading to volatility in Haiti,” Pigot replied.
“For nuances on TPS, I think you are talking about whether they are afraid [Department of Homeland Security] In terms of those specific decisions. But we have seen action from the state department to encourage stability in Haiti. ,
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A woman helps unloading a basket of mangoes from a truck that came from the province on 14 June 2024 to distribute fresh fruits to vendors in the city area of Port-A-Princess. (Photo by Clarence Sifroy/AFP through Getty Image)
The announcement of new foreign nutrition assistance was made after billions of spending the government spending on foreign aid by the Trump administration. As part of the reforms, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), primary government agency assigned the task of destroying foreign aid, was converted into the State Department.
$ 93 million in new food assistance will be used by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and will run till June, According to the semaphore, Who spoke to an official of a foreign department, familiar with the new food assistance disbursement.
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Semaphor reported that apart from providing ready-to-eat food, new assistance, which will all be American-built, will also be used to help produce or develop more ready-to-Eat food, according to the State Department.