Millions of kids to suffer from Trump aid cuts

When he grows up, five-year-old Ahmad wants to be “stronger than Spider-Man”.

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But his dream clashes with a harsh reality -- the Jordanian boy has a serious disability, and major US aid cuts mean he will likely miss out on vital care.

Like him, millions of children around the world are suffering from the sweeping cuts ordered by US President Donald Trump.

All are grappling with hardship in one form or other: war, crime, global warming, poverty, disease and more.

Ahmad, who has a spinal malformation, cannot hold his torso upright and is paralyzed from the waist down.

The boy was receiving physiotherapy sessions from Handicap International “to strengthen his upper limbs and enable him, later on, to walk with crutches,” said his father, Mahmud Abdulrahman, a 30-year-old day laborer.

Abdulrahman said the non-governmental organization was also due to provide orthotics and prosthetics to straighten Ahmad’s lower limbs -- none of which he could afford on his meagre salary.

Now, none of that will happen.

The Wehdat Rehabilitation Centre they attended in Jordan’s capital Amman was one of the first victims of Trump’s aid cuts.

More than 600 patients found themselves deprived of care overnight.