Wayan Vota knew something was wrong. A 20-year veteran of the international aid sector, Vota was long accustomed to industry changes following the inauguration of a new president—there is always ...

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Wayan Vota knew something was wrong. A 20-year veteran of the international aid sector, Vota was long accustomed to industry changes following the inauguration of a new president—there is always a ...

Amid the mass USAID layoffs, the international development community has mobilized, creating and sharing resources to support ...

In the midst of this uncertainty, some workers, like Wayan Vota, have started to build online communities to provide support for others like them. Shortly after President Donald Trump signed an ...

Unemployment is low, but there isn’t much room to move around — especially for those with highly government-specific skills. By Lydia DePillis and Colby Smith For about a year now, the labor ...

Every other cost is heavily scrutinized,” said Wayan Vota, an aid worker in Chapel Hill who was laid off at the end of January from a group that received funding from the US Agency for Internati ...

Wayan Vota, who was laid off from his USAID-funded company at the end of January, calls it an "extinction event" for the sector. To help aid workers move forward, he started a Substack newsletter ...