Empowering frontline leaders amid Trump’s massive global aid cuts, with War Child’s Dr. Samantha Nutt

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Even after the fighting stops, the impact of war is felt for generations. Dr. Samantha Nutt, President of War Child USA and Canada, joins Rapid Response to share how the nonprofit is serving families in conflict zones around the world — from Sudan to Afghanistan, utilizing local leaders and community organizers to spark meaningful and long term change. In the wake of Trump’s sweeping USAID divestment, Dr. Nutt reveals how nonprofits are adapting to a new climate, and why she’s surprisingly optimistic about the future of American generosity.

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1:10.2	When we saw what happened with the Taliban in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul, we were
1:14.8	already operational in nine different districts. Most of those were already under de facto
1:19.8	Taliban control. We did have a period of time where our operations were suspended in Kabul,
1:24.5	but then we were able to resume our activities, including our women and girls' education and economic development work.
1:31.0	Sometimes you have to hold your nose and you have to be diplomatic
1:36.2	and you have to negotiate with people that you fundamentally disagree with.
1:42.6	Nothing will ever change if we just allow the present to
1:49.5	erase the progress of the past.
2:09.6	That's Samantha Nutt, president of Warchild USA and Warchild Canada. When I first learned about Warchild, I was blown away by the impact Sam and her group have had on at-risk children in some of the
2:15.5	world's worst conflict zones. With the U.S.
2:18.3	is spending billions in humanitarian aid, I wanted to ask Sam about the real-world impacts.
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