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[wtfwire]

Private donors raise $125M to sustain global aid after US funding cuts - WTF WIRE

Private donors and foundations raised over $125M to keep vital foreign aid programs running after Trump’s cuts to USAID funding.

Private donors and foundations raised over $125M to keep vital #foreignaidprograms running after Trump’s cuts to #USAID funding.

[nprglobalhealth]

Meet The #GirlBoss In Charge Of The U.S.’ $22 Billion Budget To Fight Global Poverty 

They called her Mr. Smith.

When the newly installed USAID chief Gayle Smith was at a conference in Africa recently, the local leaders didn't recognize the gender of her name. So they gave her a "Mr. Smith" tag — which she now has on top of a bookshelf in her corner office at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, D.C.

The nameplate on her desk makes things clear. It says: "GIRL BOSS."

Being a boss anointed in the final months of a president's term is not an easy job. Three months ago, Smith took the top spot of the federal agency in charge of U.S. humanitarian projects like fighting Ebola, feeding refugees and distributing more than $22 billion this year in aid.

And Smith, a tall 60-year-old woman with a deep tan and a shock of white hair, isn't going to let time or politics stand in her way. She's confident that she can "lock in" what she describes as "things that really work."

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