John: The ripple effects of the trump administration's elimination of said are being felt in dozens of countries around the world where the agency supported initiatives ranging from public health programs to infrastructure and climate resilience projects.

Angeles ponpa from northwestern university's school of journalism traveled to Indonesia to see the effect on one of the world's fastest-sinking cities.

Angeles: Outside the capital Jakarta, residents struggled for years to get access to clean water.

In 2016, said offered a program to help disadvantaged families obtain clean water.

>> For me personally it was really helpful.

Angeles: Prior to these efforts, Abdul pulled unsafe water from a nearby well that was dug by hand.

>> Once I used usaid water I stopped using the pump to extract groundwater.

I was very happy and grateful.

Angeles: Decades of groundwater extraction have caused Ricarda, the capital of Indonesia [indiscernible] Meanwhile with climate change, the seas are rising, sending salty water into flooding water.

The neighborhood chief -- >> That is why the only option was the initiative from usaid.

We were grateful to them.

Angeles: The program installed a meter to connect families to the city water but the study -- but affordable rates, they no longer needed to drill wells or rely on costly jugs of water from local sellers.

The city water supply available to said was limited.

The master meter program reached only 18% of families in the village.

>> When there are countries or populations not receiving support from their government, and said are stepping in to help, it would be a mistake for world leaders to stop those efforts.

Angeles: Jeff Cohen was usaid's mission director in Indonesia.

He said the decision by the trump administration to cut said funding will have dire consequences.

>> Without said funding, communities we were working in will have to do it on their own or find someone else to be the catalyst.

Honestly some of them never will get access to clean drinking water, will never get access to safe sanitation, until somebody replaces us and I do not think that will happen.

I think you will see communities where we work increase waterborne diseases.

You will see sick kids who should not have been sick if they had access to cleaner water.

Angeles: Secretary of state Marco Rubio defended the administration's decision to defund said in January.

>> Yes we canceled a bunch of contracts in said.

Some were stupid and outrageous, others did not serve the national interests.

It is not charity.

After Angeles: -- Angeles: After decades, Jeff has seen foreign assistance strengthening U.S.

Influence.

He believes canceling usaid will hurt U.S.

Relations with countries like Indonesia.

>> How now when the government of the U.S.

Says to Indonesia we are here to support you, how can they relieve that?

Angeles: As Indonesia confronts rapid climate change and urban growth, the question is whether the government can keep the taps running without help from usaid.

For pbs news weekend, Angeles ponpa, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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