Deema Zein:
In 2023, the U.S. government spent about 70 billion on foreign aid, or just about 1 percent of the federal budget. But now, Kenny says, the longstanding relationships that aid organizations like CRS formed with local partners will suffer, organizations like the Justice, Development and Peace Initiative in Northeast Nigeria.
In 2017, with CRS support, the group expanded their scope to emergency humanitarian work as a response to civilians fleeing militant group Boko Haram.
Rev. Vincent Okoye, Executive Director, Justice, Development and Peace Initiative: I actually fear for the future because it would mean that all the gains with the humanitarian interventions and the targeted programs, if they are not sustained, we will lose all that progress, and I’m afraid of what it will lead to.
