Hacker News with Generative AI: International Aid

Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices after USAID funding pause (apnews.com)
In a warehouse in Haiti, nearly four metric tons of seeds cannot be distributed. Soon the planting season will be gone and with it, the best chance for those seeds to produce emergency food.
International Aid, Haiti, Humanitarian Crisis, Politics
6 points by apical_dendrite 10 days ago | 3 comments
USAID was investigating its public-private partnership between Starlink-Ukraine (gizmodo.com)
Since coming into power, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has barraged USAID, the international aid agency that dispenses food and supplies to nations all over the world. It is likely that the agency will soon be shuttered and could be subsumed into the U.S. State Department. Now, new reporting shows USAID was actually investigating equipment from one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.
Government, International Aid, SpaceX, Ukraine, Public-Private Partnerships
53 points by gpi 17 days ago | 21 comments
Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN's Top Gaza Aid Agency (wired.com)
Israel, Google Ads, United Nations, Gaza, International Aid
16 points by amalinovic 179 days ago | 2 comments