Hannah Chargin ♔

Humanitarian and food security policy for World Vision US. Tweets are my own.

[Danny Funt @dannyfunt]

After a decorated 24-year run at ESPN, Nicole Noren resigned in protest.

She couldn’t go along with the network’s all-out embrace of gambling.

For the first time publicly, in @CJR, Noren shares the deeply personal reasons behind her decision.

https://t.co/JGr0xXsqow

[Taylor Murphy @Tay_Murph]

Hey @MLB - wanna get more kids watching baseball?

Maybe start with the commercials.

Watching the playoffs tonight with my kids and here's the rundown:
- Megan Fox selling ED pills in a red bodysuit
- The scariest movie trailer you've ever seen
- Sydney Sweeney in zero clothes promoting betting on sports

Leagues can't figure out why kids don't watch.

You don't need a Nickelodeon game. You're not the Savannah Bananas.

Just show baseball in a way I can leave on in my house.

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Funding to tackle acute malnutrition in parts of Somalia has dropped by more than 80% this year, Médecins Sans Frontières said on Tuesday, even though one in every four children screened in displacement camps in the southwest is severely malnourished. https://t.co/JPoWYEbliD

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Why The World Ignores Genocide in Sudan. A well-researched and photographed journey across Sudan in the midst of war. https://t.co/jx31Ijv8TX

[Liz Cookman @liz_cookman]

Another maternity hospital damaged in Ukraine, hospital attacks in Sudan and Lebanon - these are not the natural consequences of war.

My recent cross-conflict investigation showed how a culture of impunity has put vulnerable people in the firing line.

https://t.co/UuRDndkT2w

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

It feels like humanity has died in Sudan https://t.co/GBCf44zUO5

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

The @washingtonpost reports on how the chaos around the closure of USAID led to breakdowns in supply lines, resulting in kids dying of malaria: https://t.co/s85AJKw0CG @SecRubio says US aid cuts haven't killed anyone; in fact, they kill kids at a rate estimated at 88 per hour.

[World Vision USA @WorldVisionUSA]

For 75 years, American Christians have joined World Vision in seeing a hurting world through the eyes of Jesus. As Matthew 25 reminds us, we are called to serve. Let’s not turn away now. -@EdgarSandovalSr via @ChristianPost https://t.co/plZpUfhyZT

[Catherine Connor @CatConnorGlobal]

Indiscriminately turning lifesaving foreign aid programs off & on then off again is unconscionable. Bureaucratic & legal maneuvering shouldn’t overshadow the mothers + children who need our help and can no longer get it ⁦@EGPAF⁩ #GlobalHealthCantWait https://t.co/zbhhK83ZND

[InterAction @InterActionOrg]

As the reality of foreign aid program terminations comes into view, organizations are speaking to the impacts.

"I think we will see increased conflict in the world...we will see increased terrorism in the world," says @We_Are_Alight CEO, Jocelyn Wyatt.
https://t.co/dmg3Lr6kY4

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @RadioFreeTom.

Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: https://t.co/DeSGz8zJGZ

[Chelsea Patterson Sobolik @ChelsPat]

‼️🧵@WorldRelief expresses deep concern over the recent decisions by Secretary of State Rubio and acting administrator for USAID to halt nearly 10,000 foreign assistance awards, impacting critical programs that provide life-saving support to some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.

These award terminations threaten food security, healthcare, and essential services in crisis-affected countries, exacerbating suffering in regions already facing extreme hardship.

https://t.co/tGnnny66tM

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

5800 of 6200 USAID contracts terminated — including for emergency food for malnourished children and lifesaving aid for millions with HIV, malaria, TB. Affected plaintiffs must respond by noon Friday.

[InterAction @InterActionOrg]

Today, the State Department terminated 10,000 State and USAID grants and other awards, effectively crippling American foreign assistance, including life-saving programs for which Secretary of State Rubio had granted waivers. Our statement ⤵️
https://t.co/UxqYIFRof3

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

One of our church members has been working in humanitarian relief for decades and is an employee at USAID. As of Monday morning, her access to all USAID systems was cut and her position was discontinued. She’s heartbroken and angry—not because she lost her job, but because untold numbers of marginalized people will suffer.

She told me: “The people we’ve helped for decades are now cut off from our help. No food, no vaccines, no protection programs, no more restoring water systems, etc… it’s beyond tragic, and to have this done by an administration that is supported by evangelical Christians is heartbreaking.” (this is all shared with her courageous encouragement, even though she knows DOGE could retaliate)

Watching people use the name of Christ to justify taking support for basic needs away from the most vulnerable people in our world is abhorrent. It’s blasphemous. It’s evil.

Father James Martin put it best when he wrote, “In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of USAID s the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.”

If you are a follower of Jesus, the time is now to stand up and speak out against this evil.

[World Vision USA @WorldVisionUSA]

The United States’ humanitarian assistance has led the way to:
50% decrease in the number of people in extreme poverty
59% decrease in child mortalities
69% decrease in AIDS-related deaths
5.5 million babies born HIV-free
4 billion people fed while facing hunger and malnutrition

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Must must must read. Now.

What Musk and Rubio are doing “is criminal. They can’t abolish the aid program without a vote of Congress.”

And they miss that USAID is critical to winning the competition with China and reflects long GOP priorities.

https://t.co/ZkKiDnSDam

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

(They are not supposed to work)

[The Hill @thehill]

GOP senator: USAID vital to countering China’s efforts in Africa, South America https://t.co/Bz8CitYBbc

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
https://t.co/j0hFoX3r87