US Aid Freeze Endangers Kenyan HIV Orphans, Fuels China’s Rise
Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya, cares for over 100 HIV-positive children, heavily relying on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for life-saving antiretroviral drugs. President Trump’s executive order freezing USAID funding threatens to end this support, jeopardizing the lives of children like Evans, who has been at the orphanage for a year. The orphanage’s access to these drugs, crucial for HIV treatment, is now uncertain, highlighting the potentially devastating consequences of the funding freeze on vulnerable populations. Without continued support, the orphanage fears a return to the high mortality rates seen before USAID’s involvement.
John Q. Hosedrinker