UM TodayUSAID – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-u-of-manitoba-led-program-tackling-hiv-in-kenya-in-jeopardy-after-trumps-cuts-to-usaid/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-u-of-manitoba-led-program-tackling-hiv-in-kenya-in-jeopardy-after-trumps-cuts-to-usaid/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:30:49 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=210962 Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need]]> The Trump administration’s freeze on American foreign aid is sending a chill into the Manitoba non-profit space, with some humanitarian workers saying it’s putting the global initiatives they’re working on at risk.

Dr. Julie Lajoie, an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba, said the billion-dollar freeze in humanitarian assistance puts at risk the future of a decades-long initiative spearheaded by Manitoba researchers to care for and prevent HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in Kenya.

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