When Navyn Salem received a letter to the abolition of the Federal Government contract with his company Rhode Island, Edesia, she stopped his production line, which makes the life paste for severely malnourished babies.
The day later received an email, only a few short sentences, abolishing the termination of the contract.
Reversal failed to make her mind easier.
“This is what our daily look. The government is in a state of chaos,” Salem said. “And the way we see that was 24 hours before, we had a contract in terminate, and 10 minutes ago (interruption) abolished.”
A photo provided by Navyn Salem
In weeks since Elon MuskThe Trump President Advisor and the richest person in the world began to target State Department USAID Agency To close, disorders in the supply chain and service chain for various global causes of life savings have not failed.
While Salem’s contract remained active except most Wednesday, she said USAID boost – With almost all your staff suddenly placed on leave or directly released – he caused a growing mess. Most pressed, she said that USAID’s payment system that rely on “falls for weeks.”
A photo provided by Navyn Salem
This created incomparable uncertainty that deals with 150 suppliers – farmers in 25 countries – and American Ocean coatings used for the delivery of hundreds of metric tons of EDESIAN therapeutic saws, and finally, in international organizations that have been distributed by children in death.
“Everyone who caught in this age of chaos with mass uncertainty cares. Everyone is,” Salem said.
A photo provided by Navyn Salem
Plumpy’nut It is classified as ready therapeutic food, prescribed for treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children as young as six months. It is a pasture paste that includes vitamins, minerals and F-100 milk powder, in accordance with the world guidelines for the health organization. EDESIA says that it produces 800 metric tons of plum “and other foods that are not used every week for neutral treatment.
Salem believes ultimately that the goal of her company is to protect children to align with the trump administrative priorities. “We have a strong belief that our mission will be protected that these funds will be there, but I can’t promise anyone.”
Salem said he agrees that USAID could be managed more efficiently, and she has ideas of age with the agency. It faces the same dilemma, whether to propose solutions or simply try to process payments.
“Who should I call?” She asked. “For years I offer suggestions, and now it’s time to listen, if I can just find someone who will pick up the phone.”
The State Department spokesman said on Thursday that he finished more than 90% of his USAID contracts, keeping only those believed to make America stronger, safer and more prosperous. The regions of the agency are part of the broader effort of Trump administration to drastically reduce the federal labor and budget.
Each package of cracks produced by EDESIA is printed with the phrase “from the American people” printed on it. Salem said that the message of desperate parents and carers of malnourished children is an important part of the mission of its company.
“He will never forget that these were American people who were there for them in their greatest time crisis,” Salem said.
She and others who lead the organizations associated with USAID, they said for CBS News Another global superpower is ready to enter if the United States is pulling around the world in which it provides support for key medical care: China.
“This is an incredibly strong use of soft power to deliver food, specialized food to people in their greatest need,” Salem said.
2025-02-28 23:42:00
