Three Ways to Advocate for Foreign Aid

The new Administration has issued immediate stop work orders on almost all foreign aid as programs are being reviewed. While Secretary of State Rubio issued an exemption for lifesaving humanitarian assistance, that has still not allowed for any assistance or funding to resume. Everything has stopped. For further information, watch our webinar “Responding to the Foreign Aid Freeze” recorded on Feb. 20, 2025.

Let your members of Congress and the Administration know that you are deeply concerned about the decision to stop work on almost all U.S. foreign assistance programs.

Write to State Department

Step 1.

Click the COPY button below to copy the message to Secretary of State Rubio.

Step 2.

When you click the COPY button, the browser will open a pop-up notification. Click “OK” on the pop-up notification asking if you would like to go to the State Department contact form.

Step 3.

Fill in your email address and a message subject, and then paste the message into the contact form. You can “paste” the message by clicking CTL + V (or CMD + V on a mac) or right clicking and selecting “paste.”

Step 4. Click “Submit”!

Message subject: Stop the foreign aid freeze

‘ Dear Secretary Rubio, As a person of faith, I ask that you ensure that emergency relief and critical international assistance programs can continue operations while they are in review. While I appreciate that Secretary of State Rubio issued an exception for lifesaving humanitarian assistance, organizations are currently not able to access money to implement lifesaving programs. This cannot stand. I urge you to reverse the course of the administration’s foreign aid freeze. Copy

Write to Congress

Click here to write to your members of Congress using the form provided by Catholic Relief Services.

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