Dimitrov: Halting of USAID Funds Results with Serious Consequences

Slavco Dimitrov from the “Margini” alliance informs that the halting of the funds for projects supported by USAID by the administration of US President Donald Trump is already resulting with serious consequences.

“Many of the organisations which work on improvement of the human rights and on protection of women and LGBTQI+ people are now forced to suspend projects, to end services, and even to shut down shelters for people from marginalised communities that have experienced hatred and violence.

The Helsinki Committee recently had to shut down the so-called Safety House, the shelter for women victims of domestic violence. 23 organisations in the region will lose 11.7 million dollars, and for many organisations which protect women’s rights this is more than 90% of their total funds”, Dimitrov said.