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The largest Haitian recipient is the SEROvie Foundation, which provides services to at-risk youth, especially regarding the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The organization has been obligated $8.8 million since October 2023, and the funding freeze will halt at least an additional $2.5 million. Though there is a long-term benefit to reducing reliance on foreign assistance for such services, the halt in funding will have a direct effect on people’s lives — including those employed by the organization, adding to the already impossibly difficult employment situation in Haiti.
But not all local procurement is created equally. The freeze will also affect some $1.4 million in funding for Papyrus S.A., a local firm that runs USAID’s Civil Society Strengthening Program — which works with local organizations to increase their capacity to comply with USAID’s stringent funding requirements. CEPR has argued previously that such endeavors are misguided. Foreign assistance should aim to increase the capacity of local organizations to deliver results, not jump through unnecessary hoops. With the possible closing of USAID, the $7.5 million program which began in the fall of 2022 will be rendered moot.
But not all local procurement is created equally. The freeze will also affect some $1.4 million in funding for Papyrus S.A., a local firm that runs USAID’s Civil Society Strengthening Program — which works with local organizations to increase their capacity to comply with USAID’s stringent funding requirements. CEPR has argued previously that such endeavors are misguided. Foreign assistance should aim to increase the capacity of local organizations to deliver results, not jump through unnecessary hoops. With the possible closing of USAID, the $7.5 million program which began in the fall of 2022 will be rendered moot.
CEPR
Capacity Development for Whom? An Agenda for USAID Reform in Haiti
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JUST IN - All USAID missions overseas are ordered to shut down by Friday, with thousands of staff being recalled home.
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