USAID, a state-owned entity headquartered in the US, was founded in 1961 with approximately 15,730 employees and is focused on International Affairs. It functions as a U.S. government agency providing foreign aid.
Nepal's flood relief workers are currently feeling the impact of US aid cuts, following the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) deployment of a 128-member disaster response team and pledge of $10 million in humanitarian aid after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Previously, on September 8, 2026, a USAID inspector general review concluded that the United Nations' investigation into UNRWA employees accused of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack had "major deficiencies," noting the probe was too narrowly focused and excluded Israeli intelligence. This development follows a significant policy shift in January 2025, when a major US aid program in Nepal, which had monitored climate risks including glacier collapses, was ended due to a sweeping freeze on US foreign aid issued by Donald Trump in his first week in office. The termination of this program is believed to have contributed to the country's ongoing flooding disaster.
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