IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hal/journl/hal-05004043.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Impacts Of The Cessation Of Usaid Subsidies To Ngos: Case Of Ngos In The Far North Of Cameroon

Author

Listed:
  • Alexis Dzokom

    (UMa - University of Maroua)

  • Ezechiel Kodji

    (UMa - University of Maroua)

Abstract

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long been a key player in funding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa, particularly in Cameroon. However, the reduction or cessation of grants from this agency has had significant consequences for local NGOs operating in the Far North of Cameroon, a region facing numerous socio-economic and environmental challenges. This study analyzes the impacts of the cessation of USAID funding on the financial viability, operational capacities, and sustainability of NGO interventions in this region. Analysis of the budgets of 15 local NGOs between 2015 and 2023 reveals an average decrease of 40 to 70% in external funding following the cessation of USAID grants. The number of households receiving food assistance decreased, by 55% between 2018 and 2023. In 2025, the reduction in funding caused a significant drop in NGO employment, from an average of 50 to 15 employees while the reduction in NGO interventions directly affected beneficiary populations, decreasing from 20,000 to 7,500 individuals receiving aid. Community health programs funded by USAIDsupported NGOs saw a 35% drop in the number of patients served at mobile health centers. NGO-funded education initiatives were particularly hard hit, with a 60% reduction in school scholarships for vulnerable children.

Suggested Citation

  • Alexis Dzokom & Ezechiel Kodji, 2025. "Impacts Of The Cessation Of Usaid Subsidies To Ngos: Case Of Ngos In The Far North Of Cameroon," Post-Print hal-05004043, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05004043
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-05004043v1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://hal.science/hal-05004043v1/document
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05004043. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: CCSD (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.