“The US government has not really paid us since the end of December. We have delivered around $ 12 million that we have delivered. We wonder if that is – is the US government still good? Is their word still good? “Just a few weeks after he took office, President Trump focused on USAID” The whole thing is a fraud. Very little, very little is used well. “But his mission to reduce foreign help expenditure could cost thousands of jobs at home. “Here, sugar comes from Florida, sometimes from Tennessee. We of course have peanuts from Georgia. We have Canola oil from North Dakota. We now have milk powder from Texas. 'This factory in Fitzgerald, Ga., Makes peanutasta, which goes around the world to save the lives of starving children. “Children who are literally starved, seriously, acute malnourished. 1.2 million children per year. “Only two American companies are making it and Mana Nutrition is one of them. Now their non -profit organization and the 112 jobs it offers here in Fitzgerald are danger. More than ten years, the operation was strongly based on USAID financing. Graafschap were able to pay the price here in Fitzgerald, I was just looking for more money, but when I did what we do – the children are needed here. “Really a little bit in the mouth. Unemployment went from probably 4 percent to around 15, 16 percent. In 2011, Mana opened his first factory here. Two years ago they announced plans to fourfold production. “We hoped to become the capital of the hunger solution of the world.” “This is not about removing foreign help. There are things we do through the usaid that we have to keep doing. 'But at the end of February, State Secretary Marco Rubio canceled a third of Mana's contracts and said they were not in the national interest. A week later they were restored. The back and forth has stranded shipments and the business partners of Mana stranded on sharply. “There is still a lot of uncertainty. We have received many phone calls. Peanut shells, suppliers say: 'Are you still in business? Are you good for these contracts? “Talking to our banks:” Is our credit line still good for us if our one customer doesn't pay? ” 'It is still unclear what the long -term effects can be for this community. “Well, even some of our employees voted with this administration. You can see who voted that way because they can't hold it now. They are worried. “I can't help it, but I think the president has a strategy, and we feel that we are being cared for. I hope for sure.” “I hope that the administration will have the moral imagination to retain the interests and budget of the American people, but also continue to feed the poorest in the world.” Are we worried? Somewhat. But we pray. “
