Trump funding cut stalls water projects, raising risk for millions

20/7/2025 11:54

In a rural part of southern Kenya, what was meant to be a nearly two-mile-long irrigation canal sits unfinished.



Building materials are abandoned. A sign proudly declares this project was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID.



The canal was meant to deliver water to farmers, and to prevent devastating flooding that had plagued this area.

But, left unfinished, what little has been done actually poses a risk.



Reuters has found that the Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe.



Twenty-one unfinished projects in 16 countries have been identified after speaking to 17 sources familiar with the infrastructure plans.

Most of these projects have not been previously reported.