President Donald Trump’s government told Congress on Friday that it would cut almost all the remaining jobs to the USA International Development Service (USAID) and close the service, although Trump promised that the US would provide help to Myanmar after the disastrous earthquake.

Humanitarian experts have expressed concern about new cuts in a service whose humanitarian aid has saved lives worldwide for more than 60 years. USAID also played an important role in coordinating earthquake help around the world.

Thousands of USAID executives and foreign service executives placed in the service have learned in an internal memo that all positions not required by law will be repealed in July and September.

The note, as the Reuterswas sent to staff by the Jeremy LewinDeputy Commander of the Service and Member of the Department of Government Effectiveness of Billionaire Ilon Musk. Doge supervised the first round of cuts to USAID last month.

The State Department’s notification to Congress for job cuts said that USAID missions around the world would close and the other functions of the service would be covered by the state.

The State Department spokesman Tami Bruce He said changes to USAID would not affect the government’s ability to develop a disaster help team, adding that it could not yet give an accurate timetable.

The exact number of staff fired was not officially known. On March 21, there were 869 USAID employees in the US in active service, while another 3,848 were found on remuneration administrative licenseaccording to stand up for aid.

The redundancies also included thousands of USAID officers around the world, according to a source from Reuters.

In his memoir, Lewin said that staff staff around the world will soon receive an email notifications that give them the option to be fired July 1 or September 2.

In the next three months, the State Department will take over the remaining “Salvation and Strategic Assistance Planning” by USAIDhe said, adding that USAID staff It will not be automatically transferred to the new section, which will conduct “a separate and independent recruitment process”.

The decision to cut other USAID jobs raised concern to humanitarian aid experts who said that layoffs and funding cuts will prevent a coordinated US contribution to earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand.

Former USAid’s disaster response leader told Reuters That the huge Trump government and funding cuts have “kneelled” the organization’s ability to send disaster response teams to Thailand and Myanmar, paving the way to China and other opposing US countries.

Trump, however, said on Friday that he spoke with officials in Myanmar about the earthquake and that the US would provide some kind of help.