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Former USAID employees keep agency’s life-saving work afloat

Season 2025 Episode 334 | 6m 19s

When the U.S. Agency for International Development shut down, more than 80% of its programs were cancelled. In an attempt to keep the most cost-effective and life-saving projects up and running, two laid-off agency employees created a website to match donors with threatened programs. Ali Rogin speaks with founders Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum to learn more.

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