Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze has halted vital projects in the South Pacific, aid workers and analysts say, risking lives and hurting US efforts to woo the region. Papua New Guinea environmental lawyer Peter Bosip used a small USAID grant to help rural communities stand up for themselves in negotiations with mining companies. "With the current president, I don't think it will come back," he told AFP. While academic Graeme Smith warned "if these programs are stopped.... then people will die." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES