The Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) announced $ 51 million in cuts of the United States African Development FoundationIt included hundreds of thousands of dollars to market karité butter and pineapple juice, as well as mango drying facilities.
DOGE made the announcement to X, highlighting various initiatives on the money.
For example, $ 229,296 were used to market the 100% organic karité butter in Burkina Faso; $ 24,217 were spent on Mango drying facilities on the Ivory Coast; And $ 239,738 were spent on marketing pineapple juice in Benin.
The department also said that $ 99,566 were spent to increase yogurt production in Uganda; $ 84,059 were spent on a business incubator for Spa and Wellness businessmen in Nigeria; $ 50,000 were spent to train farmers to cultivate Dragon fruits in Senegal; And $ 48,406 were spent on a WhatsApp marketing chat in Kenya.
DOGE made $ 51 million in the African Development Foundation of the United States, including $ 229 million used to market organic Karité butter in Burkina Faso. (John Wessels / AFP)
DOGE, directed by Elon Musk, It is a temporary organization within the White House created by executive order earlier this year.
President Donald Trump He commissioned the organization to optimize the federal government, streamline operations and reduce spending, and gave the agency 18 months to do it.
At the end of last month, DOGE shared that he had terminated 113 contracts worth $ 4.7 billion, including a U.S. Department of Agriculture Consulting contract (USDA), valued at $ 145,000 for Peru’s climate change activities.
Elon Musk’s Tesla’s showroom locations have faced repeated protests for their role in DOGE. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP through Getty Images)
The funding that was canceled also included $ 10 million for « gender heritage in the Mexican workplace », $ 12.2 million for « empowerment of workers in South America » and $ 6.25 million to « improve respect for workers’ rights in agricultural supply chains » in Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador countries.
The Department has canceled numerous initiatives of diversity, heritage and inclusion (DEI) to federal agencies, consulting contracts, leases for underused federal buildings and duplicate agencies and programs.
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From Monday, DOGE claims to its place that it has saved the North -Americans $ 140 million, or about $ 870 per taxpayer.
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