Trump’s administration of the USAID “Chaos” hits an American product manufacturer that saves the baby’s life

When Navyn Salem received a letter on Wednesday, which abolished the Federal Government’s contract with his Rhode Island company, Edesia, she stopped her production line, which makes a paste for saving life for a hard -to -reach baby.

A day later, she received an E -Stage, only a few short sentences, abolishing the termination of the contract.

The turnaround failed to facilitate his mind.

“That’s how our everyday looks. The government is in a state of chaos,” Salem said. “And the way we see that it was 24 hours ago, we contracted the contract and 10 minutes ago [the termination] was abolished. “

In weeks of Elon muskAdvisor to President Trump and the richest person in the world, he started aiming USAID State Department To close, disorders in the supply chain and services for the various global causes of life saving have failed.

While Salem’s contract remained active, except most of Wednesday, she said The hollow from the USAID “Because almost his entire staff was suddenly left on leave or open shooting,” the growing mess caused. The most urgent, she said, that a pay system related to a USAID, which he relies on “for weeks.”

It has been created incomparable uncertainty that is spreading from their business of 150 employees to their US suppliers – farmers in 25 countries – and US ocean lining used to deliver hundreds of metric tons of Edessi’s therapeutic paste, and eventually international organizations that distribute it to children who distributed death.

“Everyone who has been caught at this time of chaos with huge uncertainty is worried. Everyone is,” Salem said.

Splash It is classified as ready for the use of therapeutic food, prescribed for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children aged six months. It is peanut paste that includes vitamins, minerals and milk powder F-100, in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization. EDESIA says that it produces 800 metric tons of pulmonary and other foods used to treat the failure of the lack of a week.

Salem ultimately believes that her company’s goal is to protect children with Trump’s administration priorities. “We strongly believe that our mission will be protected, that these funds will be there, but I cannot promise anyone.”

Salem said she agreed that USAID could act more effectively and that she had ideas from years of working with the agency. She faces the same dilemma, whether she wants to propose solutions or simply try to process payments.

“Who should I call?” She asked. “I’ve been offering suggestions for years, and now it’s time for someone to listen to it if I can only find someone who will pick up the phone.”

A State Department spokesman said on Thursday that he ended up more than 90% of his USAID contracts, retaining only those he believes to make America stronger, more secure and prosperous. The reduction of the agency is part of the wider effort of Trump’s administration to drastically reduce the federal labor and budget.

Each pack of plumpy’nut -a manufactured by Edezija is printed by the phrase “from the American people” printed on it. Salem said that the message to the desperate parents and caregivers of malnourished children was an important part of her company’s mission.

“He will never forget that the American people were there for them in their biggest crisis time,” Salem said.

She and others who run the USAID organizations told CBS News, and the other global superpower is ready to step if the United States withdraw from the ends of the world, where it supports key medical care: China.

“This is an incredibly strong use of soft power to deliver food, specialized food to people in their biggest time,” Salem said.