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\u201dSome nights remind you exactly why this work matters.\u201d<\/h2>\n

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A Tuesday evening in early May was one of those nights. At a bar in DC, former colleagues and friends gathered\u2014not in denial of the grief they were carrying, but with determination in the face of it. With dogs lounging under picnic tables and toddlers toddling between conversations about HIV care access and grassroots aid, the drinks were USAID-themed, and the mood was defiant. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not drinking, it\u2019s donating!\u201d one guest joked. But behind the laughter was a serious purpose: to raise money for HIV programs suddenly defunded by the halt in US foreign aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t just a fundraiser, and it wasn\u2019t just about grief. It was about a refusal to be shut down. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The effort began months earlier, led by a small group of determined public servants\u2014among them Maury, a longtime USAID staffer. When the funding vanished, Maury and her colleagues Deborah and Alex didn\u2019t wait. They launched a fundraiser<\/a> on GlobalGiving\u2019s platform in late January. Within one week, they had already raised $30,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo big team. No roadmap. Just heartbreak, urgency, and a deep sense of responsibility,\u201d GlobalGiving CEO Victoria Vrana wrote in admiration after attending the event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A sense of responsibility so big it couldn’t be left at the office door.<\/h3>\n

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When Maury received the chilling email in January, she had just ten minutes to pack up her office before being escorted out\u2014the place where she had planned to spend the rest of her career. The place she loved, alongside colleagues who had become friends. Her email and phone were cut off. Her work to support children who lost their parents due to HIV\/AIDS suddenly frozen.<\/p>\n

But amidst that disruption, she joined together with her former colleagues. What sparked the launch wasn\u2019t just panic\u2014it was connection.<\/p>\n

During a personal call with one previous USAID organization, Maury began the conversation by asking, \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d He paused. \u201cYou\u2019re the first person to ask that,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone else just says, \u2018I need this, I need that. It is chaos.\u201d <\/p>\n

That moment clarified everything. \u201cWe needed to act,\u201d Maury said. <\/p>\n

She put out a message on Signal. Deborah was the first to write back. Then Alex. No more titles or agencies\u2014just a small group of people who refused to walk away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To date, they have raised more than $50,000 and are continuing to find new funding sources for these organizations. What began as an emergency response evolved into a full-time mission for the group. \u201cI felt a moral obligation to do something after working for so long with these organizations,” Deborah said. <\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t just stop at fundraising\u2014they worked tirelessly to connect trusted local organizations to new sources of support, often racing against deadlines and bureaucratic obstacles. They collaborated closely with Chase Williams, GlobalGiving\u2019s Associate Director of Global Grantmaking, whose expertise helped accelerate and expand the reach of their efforts. <\/p>\n

Together, this quiet coalition of former public servants, grassroots partners, and nonprofit leaders wove a small lifeline for communities suddenly cut off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Four local organizations recently received donations from the fundraiser, and another Happy Hour fundraiser is underway. For Maury, Debbie, and Alex, the motivation comes from a place of profound personal concern. As Alex said, \u201cFor me, it\u2019s a responsibility and duty to serve others, to help improve their healths, livelihoods, and well-being. It\u2019s a calling, not something that just stops overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about agencies or politics. It\u2019s about people; the relationships we\u2019ve built over years. That\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting for.”\u2014Maury<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That Tuesday evening at a DC bar wasn\u2019t just a fundraiser\u2014it was a reunion. Former colleagues, friends, and partners gathered not only to reconnect, but to reaffirm their commitment to work the government had abruptly halted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I\u2019d spend the rest of my life at USAID,\u201d Maury said. \u201cI loved my job, and this fundraiser has been a lifeline through all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event was also a quiet rebuttal to critics who claimed these public servants weren\u2019t showing up. They did\u2014right up until the doors closed behind them. And here they were again, reminding the world the work doesn\u2019t end with their titles.<\/p>\n

Three months into a world without USAID, many are charting new paths\u2014some as therapists, teachers, or community organizers. Alex is exploring roles in evidence-based health, Maury may pivot to social work, and Deborah still hopes to return to global health beyond USAID.<\/p>\n

Their jobs may have been taken from them, but their sense of responsibility to humanity can never be stolen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are still here. Still showing up. Still working. Still reminding us all why this work still matters. <\/p>\n

Together, they send a powerful message to organizations and communities around the world:<\/p>\n

The American people\u2014and the public servants who\u2019ve dedicated their lives to global aid\u2014are not defined by the politics of the day. They stand apart: still working, still caring, still fighting for the values they believe in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stand with them by supporting their fundraiser, \u201cA Crisis in Care: Urgent Funding Needed to Sustain Lifesaving HIV Services<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nFeatured Photo: USAID employees stand with GlobalGiving employees at a fundraiser for halted programs<\/span> by Fundraiser for Lifesaving Health Services<\/a><\/small>\n

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