P Gurgel-SegrilloVia Bhikkhu Bodhi:
"In this essay, Buddhist Global Relief's Vice-Chair David Braughton uses a Buddhist moral lens to explore the consequences of the US administration's decision to effectively abolish USAID, the US Agency for International Development. He raises questions that should sharply prick our ethical consciousness and spur a stronger commitment to the active expression of compassion"
https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/when-aid-narrows-and-suffering-widens-compassion-must-step-in/
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When Aid Narrows and Suffering Widens, Compassion Must Step In - Buddhist Global Relief
The shuttering of USAID in 2025 is predicted to result in an estimated 8 million to 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, including more than 4.5 million children under 5. The moral question raised by this defunding is not partisan; it is profoundly human: What happens when hunger programming, agricultural development, and maternal–infant health supports shrink at the precise moment they are needed most?