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TMI BlogFACT FOCUS: No evidence that USD 50 million was designated by US to buy condoms for HamasX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... FACT FOCUS: No evidence that USD 50 million was designated by US to buy condoms for Hamas X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ess secretary, made a similar claim on Tuesday during her debut press briefing, stating that the Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Management and Budget “found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.” She called the alleged aid “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” But there's no credible evidence to support t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hese claims. Here's a closer look at the facts: CLAIM: The Trump administration stopped USD 50 million from being sent to the Gaza Strip to buy condoms for Hamas. THE FACTS: Trump and his spokesperson appeared to be referring to a grant or grants that USAID awarded to a group called the International Medical Corps worth USD 102.2 million to provide medical and trauma services in Gaza. The St ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ate Department earlier Wednesday described this as an example of “egregious funding” not aligned with American interests or the president's policies. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce similarly wrote Tuesday on X that the agency had “prevented USD 102 million in unjustified funding to a contractor in Gaza, including money for contraception” thanks to a pause in foreign assistance. Howe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ver, the vast majority of that money was to fund mobile emergency hospitals and trauma centres and to send doctors, surgeons and other medical and mental health professionals to assist with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to IMC. This included water, sanitation and hygiene services and prenatal and postnatal care. If condoms were part of the hygiene component, they would not have acco ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... unted for nearly half of the grant money. Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's COVID-19 assistance portfolio for the Biden administration, refuted Trump and Leavitt's claims Wednesday on X. “USAID procures condoms for around USD 0.05 apiece,” he wrote. “USD 50m would be ONE BILLION condoms. What's going on here is NOT a billion condoms for Gaza. What's going on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is that the bros at DOGE apparently can't read govt spreadsheets.” USAID's financial year 2023 report on contraceptive and condom shipments, the most recent data available, notes that only one Middle Eastern country — Jordan — received a small shipment of injectables and oral contraceptives valued at USD 45,680 for government programs only. This was USAID's first shipment to the Middle East sin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ce financial year 2019.
USAID reports from the first three-quarters of 2024 show the only family planning programmes funded by the agency in the Middle East were in Jordan and Yemen. (AP) GRS GRS X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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