An internal chart of the employee breakdown shared by a former USAID global health director also notes that only 21 people will serve the Middle East, with only eight people assigned to all of Asia and eight people assigned to Latin America.

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development from across Republican and Democratic administrations have spoken out against the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency and called on Congress “to swiftly protect the Agency’s statutory role.

USAID programs include things like vaccination initiatives, which can help prevent the spread of diseases, but critics claim the spending is wasteful.

Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk, now in charge of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, said Monday that he and President Donald Trump are going to shutter the United States Agency for International Development.

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development

President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have launched a full-frontal assault on the United States Agency for International Development. Pending a review, he’s ordered a pause to all US foreign aid — with some exceptions — and Musk has threatened to shut down the independent government agency entirely,

Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.