Sammy
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. #USAID funds freeze to Uganda has led to loss of Ugx 604 billion(more than US$164 million) in foreign assistance meant for treatment of; HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Nutrition services, payment of salaries among others.
March 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
. #USAID funds freeze to Uganda has led to loss of Ugx 604 billion(more than US$164 million) in foreign assistance meant for treatment of; HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Nutrition services, payment of salaries among others.
"If the #USAID assistance for HIV is not restored after the pause in April, and it is not replaced by other funding, there will be an additional 6,300,000 AIDS-related deaths in the next 4 years."~Winnie Byanyima, ED UNAIDS
March 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"If the #USAID assistance for HIV is not restored after the pause in April, and it is not replaced by other funding, there will be an additional 6,300,000 AIDS-related deaths in the next 4 years."~Winnie Byanyima, ED UNAIDS
Over 360 organizations and trade unions have joined hands to call on the European Parliament to block omnibus.
#notoomnibus
It risks eroding key sustainability laws and human rights protections.
@greenpeace.eu @fairtradeftao.bsky.social @solidar-eu-bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
#notoomnibus
It risks eroding key sustainability laws and human rights protections.
@greenpeace.eu @fairtradeftao.bsky.social @solidar-eu-bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Over 360 organizations and trade unions have joined hands to call on the European Parliament to block omnibus.
#notoomnibus
It risks eroding key sustainability laws and human rights protections.
@greenpeace.eu @fairtradeftao.bsky.social @solidar-eu-bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
#notoomnibus
It risks eroding key sustainability laws and human rights protections.
@greenpeace.eu @fairtradeftao.bsky.social @solidar-eu-bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
Clinics which provide medicine to people with HIV/AIDS, as well as drugs that prevent transmission of the virus in Uganda closed last week as #USAID funds freeze continue to bite.
February 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Clinics which provide medicine to people with HIV/AIDS, as well as drugs that prevent transmission of the virus in Uganda closed last week as #USAID funds freeze continue to bite.
A Federal judge pauses Trump’s freeze on foreign aid.
He specifically ordered the flow of money to any contracts, grants or loans that were in existence at the end of the Biden administration to continue. He also halted any efforts to terminate or impose stop-work orders. #USAID
He specifically ordered the flow of money to any contracts, grants or loans that were in existence at the end of the Biden administration to continue. He also halted any efforts to terminate or impose stop-work orders. #USAID
February 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A Federal judge pauses Trump’s freeze on foreign aid.
He specifically ordered the flow of money to any contracts, grants or loans that were in existence at the end of the Biden administration to continue. He also halted any efforts to terminate or impose stop-work orders. #USAID
He specifically ordered the flow of money to any contracts, grants or loans that were in existence at the end of the Biden administration to continue. He also halted any efforts to terminate or impose stop-work orders. #USAID
"If the freeze of #USAID funds continues, the world will have 8.7 million people newly infected with HIV by 2029, 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths and an additional 3.4 million children made orphans."~Says Winnie Byanyima, Executive director of UNAIDS
apnews.com/article/hiv-...
apnews.com/article/hiv-...
February 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"If the freeze of #USAID funds continues, the world will have 8.7 million people newly infected with HIV by 2029, 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths and an additional 3.4 million children made orphans."~Says Winnie Byanyima, Executive director of UNAIDS
apnews.com/article/hiv-...
apnews.com/article/hiv-...
The Government of Uganda is laying off health workers who were being paid by #USAID and CDC after the US froze funds.
The government is asking them to now work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism"
The government is asking them to now work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism"
February 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The Government of Uganda is laying off health workers who were being paid by #USAID and CDC after the US froze funds.
The government is asking them to now work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism"
The government is asking them to now work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism"
#USAID is not just charity to African countries.
The aid connects them to markets, and markets benefit American companies and American jobs are created at home.
Someone show this to Trump's administration
ITS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
The aid connects them to markets, and markets benefit American companies and American jobs are created at home.
Someone show this to Trump's administration
ITS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
February 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#USAID is not just charity to African countries.
The aid connects them to markets, and markets benefit American companies and American jobs are created at home.
Someone show this to Trump's administration
ITS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
The aid connects them to markets, and markets benefit American companies and American jobs are created at home.
Someone show this to Trump's administration
ITS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
Freezing #USAID funding to Uganda's health sector is telling 100s of HIV patients to die because they can't afford ARTs.
USAID donates more than $500,000,000 to Uganda's health sector every year, we are looking at more than 15,000 job cuts due to this freeze @cnn.com
🙏🏿 @larrymadowoo.bsky.social
USAID donates more than $500,000,000 to Uganda's health sector every year, we are looking at more than 15,000 job cuts due to this freeze @cnn.com
🙏🏿 @larrymadowoo.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Freezing #USAID funding to Uganda's health sector is telling 100s of HIV patients to die because they can't afford ARTs.
USAID donates more than $500,000,000 to Uganda's health sector every year, we are looking at more than 15,000 job cuts due to this freeze @cnn.com
🙏🏿 @larrymadowoo.bsky.social
USAID donates more than $500,000,000 to Uganda's health sector every year, we are looking at more than 15,000 job cuts due to this freeze @cnn.com
🙏🏿 @larrymadowoo.bsky.social
#PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, it is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off.
People are losing lives
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
People are losing lives
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
February 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, it is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off.
People are losing lives
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
People are losing lives
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
"I can no longer physically stand upright for a party that excuses a violent insurrection that targeted our Capitol,”~82 years old Sen.Mitch McConnell staunchly vowed this week to continue falling down stairs in the face of an apparent fascist takeover.
theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...
theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...
February 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"I can no longer physically stand upright for a party that excuses a violent insurrection that targeted our Capitol,”~82 years old Sen.Mitch McConnell staunchly vowed this week to continue falling down stairs in the face of an apparent fascist takeover.
theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...
theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...
"In a context where democracy is threatened systematically by obscure political forces, the @ec.europa.eu needs to stand strong on the values that are at the heart of the Union by acting as the “Guardian of the Treaties”. #NoToOmnibus
@actionaideu.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
@actionaideu.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"In a context where democracy is threatened systematically by obscure political forces, the @ec.europa.eu needs to stand strong on the values that are at the heart of the Union by acting as the “Guardian of the Treaties”. #NoToOmnibus
@actionaideu.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
@actionaideu.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
This is what US President Donald Trump's action of suspending foreign aid means to developing countries like Uganda.
Trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg, the effects are going to be devastating and far reaching.
Trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg, the effects are going to be devastating and far reaching.
January 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is what US President Donald Trump's action of suspending foreign aid means to developing countries like Uganda.
Trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg, the effects are going to be devastating and far reaching.
Trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg, the effects are going to be devastating and far reaching.
Uganda Equator where the northern hemisphere meets the south in Uganda.
January 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Uganda Equator where the northern hemisphere meets the south in Uganda.
"This might be the last time we gather together as a family."
December 22, 2024 at 7:59 AM
"This might be the last time we gather together as a family."
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been voted in as Namibia's 🇳🇦 first female president.
Something the USA has failed to attain on 2 occasions
Something the USA has failed to attain on 2 occasions
December 4, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been voted in as Namibia's 🇳🇦 first female president.
Something the USA has failed to attain on 2 occasions
Something the USA has failed to attain on 2 occasions
Tanzania opposition youth leader was abducted in Tanzanian city of Dar es- salaam just a day after East African community heads of state met in Tanzania.
A few weeks ago, Ugandan opposition member, Dr.Besigye was abducted from Nairobi.
How cartoonist, Gado illustrated their meeting in Tanzania
A few weeks ago, Ugandan opposition member, Dr.Besigye was abducted from Nairobi.
How cartoonist, Gado illustrated their meeting in Tanzania
December 2, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Tanzania opposition youth leader was abducted in Tanzanian city of Dar es- salaam just a day after East African community heads of state met in Tanzania.
A few weeks ago, Ugandan opposition member, Dr.Besigye was abducted from Nairobi.
How cartoonist, Gado illustrated their meeting in Tanzania
A few weeks ago, Ugandan opposition member, Dr.Besigye was abducted from Nairobi.
How cartoonist, Gado illustrated their meeting in Tanzania
Over 100 people are missing as landslides have killed at least 15 residents in Uganda-Bulambuli district
Over 40 homes were swept away by mudslides and floods following Wednesday's downpour that lasted for over 10 hours. #ClimateChange @climateaction.bsky.social @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #climate
Over 40 homes were swept away by mudslides and floods following Wednesday's downpour that lasted for over 10 hours. #ClimateChange @climateaction.bsky.social @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #climate
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Over 100 people are missing as landslides have killed at least 15 residents in Uganda-Bulambuli district
Over 40 homes were swept away by mudslides and floods following Wednesday's downpour that lasted for over 10 hours. #ClimateChange @climateaction.bsky.social @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #climate
Over 40 homes were swept away by mudslides and floods following Wednesday's downpour that lasted for over 10 hours. #ClimateChange @climateaction.bsky.social @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #climate
Going to prepare herbal tea 🌿, who is in?
#legalizeit 💚💛❤️
#legalizeit 💚💛❤️
November 17, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Going to prepare herbal tea 🌿, who is in?
#legalizeit 💚💛❤️
#legalizeit 💚💛❤️
Took the same surprisingly
May 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Took the same surprisingly
We went fishing and caught these fish, what is the name of this type of fish?
May 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
We went fishing and caught these fish, what is the name of this type of fish?