Children there are severely acutely malnourished. they applied for $21.5 billion for aid. the u.s. so far has given $640 million in 2017 in stark of the 3.6 billion it gave in 2016. worldwide to date, $3 man$3.7 b or 7% of the money is committed. that leaves a short fall of $18 billion. the prognosis for more aid money isn t looking good. president trump has proposed shrinking the state department budget from 52.8 billion to 37.6 billion, a 29% reduction. that leaves only a few scraps for famine relief or
Worldwide to date, $3.7 billion or 17% of the total money has been committed. that leaves a short fall of $18 billion. the prognosis for more aid money isn t looking good. president trump has proposed shrinking the state department budget from 52.8 billion to 37.6 billion, a 29% reduction. that leaves only a few scraps for famine relief or humanitarian aid. trump s budget increases by $54 billion bringing the total defense budget to $603 billion. ironically, they don t realize how little money goes to foreign aid. according to a recent survey, americans guessed on average that 26% of the federal budget is used to assist other countries. the truth is only 1% of the federal budget is used on