This article examines the potential impact of US foreign aid policy shifts on international humanitarian efforts. While acknowledging the crucial role of government funding, the author argues that the Church's core mission of serving the vulnerable transcends political cycles and funding fluctuations. Drawing upon historical examples and biblical teachings, the piece emphasizes the Church's enduring responsibility to care for the poor, sick, and suffering, regardless of external support.
n a matter of weeks, we have witnessed what feels like a seismic shift in U.S. foreign-aid policy. Signaling the priorities of his new Administration, President Trump hasfor a comprehensive review while dismantling USAID in a way that has upended the international humanitarian and development ecosystem. While a waiver has been announced for select humanitarian programs, much of the infrastructure that has sustained vulnerable communities for decades now stands in limbo.
Long before governments created and funded institutions like USAID, the World Bank, and the United Nations, it was people of faith who took up the call to serve. Christians built the first hospitals, led abolitionist movements, and pioneered global humanitarian work. In the slums of Calcutta, it was Mother Teresa, not a government agency, who nursed the dying. In war-torn Sudan, it was missionary doctors, not diplomats, who set broken bones and treated malaria.
International Development Politics HUMANITARIANISM CHURCH FOREIGN AID US POLICY CHRISTIANITY
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