Global development organizations hoping to continue their work during a Trump administration that is trying to reshape foreign aid and slash funding must collaborate with each other to survive.
That’s the key message from Navyn Salem, the CEO of Edesia, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit producer of lifesaving foods for malnourished children. The organization has had 185,535 boxes of its products sitting in its warehouse for months because they’ve not yet managed to get clearance from the Trump administration to ship to countries that need them.
Salem is still working with the United States government to send those boxes abroad. But the bottom line, she says, is that “children can’t wait.”
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Tania Karas@TaniaKaras
Tania Karas is a Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development and humanitarian aid in the Americas. Previously, she managed the digital team for The World, where she oversaw content production for the website, podcast, newsletter, and social media platforms. Tania also spent three years as a foreign correspondent in Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon, covering the Syrian refugee crisis and European politics. She started her career as a staff reporter for the New York Law Journal, covering immigration and access to justice.
