Kenya: Refugees in Kenya At Risk of Worsening Hunger As WFP Faces Critical Funding Shortfall

Kenya: Refugees in Kenya At Risk of Worsening Hunger As WFP Faces Critical Funding Shortfall

Nairobi -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that refugees in Kenya are at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity as critical funding shortages force the agency to reduce food assistance to the lowest levels ever recorded. Around 720,000 refugees supported by WFP in Kenya will from June receive an in-kind food ration of just 28 percent and all cash assistance will halt, unless additional funding is received.

Kenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows in Kenya’s sprawling refugee camps, as a result of severe funding shortages.

Refugees in Kenya at risk of worsening hunger as WFP faces critical funding shortfall

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that refugees in Kenya are at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity as critical funding shortages force the agency to reduce food assistance to the lowest levels ever recorded. Around 720,000 refugees supported by WFP in Kenya will from June receive an in-kind food ration of just 28 percent and all cash assistance will halt, unless additional funding is re…

Refugees in Kenya at risk of hunger as WFP grapples with funding gaps - Radio Tamazuj

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday warned that refugees in Kenya are at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity as critical funding shortages force the agency to reduce food assistance to the lowest levels ever recorded. According to a press release, around 720,000 refugees supported by WFP in Kenya will from June receive an in-kind food ration of just 28 percent and all cash assistance will halt, unless additional fu…

Refugees in Kenya face increased food insecurity amid funding shortages, warns WFP

Refugees in Kenya, including thousands of South Sudanese, are at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity as critical funding shortages force the agency to reduce food assistance to the lowest levels ever recorded, the UN’s World Food Programme has warned. The agency says it supports around 720,000 refugees in Kenya, who will from June, receive an in-kind food ration of just 28 per cent and all cash assistance will halt, unless additional fu…