In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The abrupt end of its assistance hit not only the literacy programs, but also others designed to increase adult education and expand the literacy project to public schools.
46% : "Since I learned to calculate the weight of my onions and keep my accounts in my mother tongue, I´ve started selling my onions myself," said Traore, 29.
42% : Backed by $25 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, over five years, the project has now shut down following the Trump administration's decision to cut 90% of the agency´s foreign aid.

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