On 3 November 1961, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was founded, bringing all existing aid work under one single agency. It closed in July 2025. One of its earliest proponents was Barbara Ward — a British economist and writer whose influence reached presidents and prime ministers. Thanks to her rapport with President John F. Kennedy, newly independent Ghana was one of the first countries to benefit, receiving funds to build the Volta River Project. Witness History

Notice 3851 - 6-21-25 "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency essentially dismantled by DOGE amid complaints from Democrats that cutting waste would harm impoverished countries, is at the center of a massive bribery scandal. A federal contracting officer and three businessmen have pleaded guilty in a scheme involving bribes like cash, NBA tickets, and a country club wedding in a scandal the Department of Justice (DOJ) said was part of a $550 million scam. Roder