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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
Aid cuts forced the UN World Food Program to stop feeding 1 million people, causing widespread hunger and death among Myanmar refugees, especially children, aid workers reported.
- Earlier this year, the AP found U.S. cuts to its foreign aid program unleashed severe, deadly suffering across Myanmar and refugee camps along Myanmar's borders.
- A U.S. State Department grant ended on July 31, forcing The Border Consortium to halt food aid for 85% of camp residents and removing support for IRC-run clinics.
- After food rations evaporated, Taher’s family meals shrank from 3 to 1, and Mohammed Taher clutched his 2-year-old son who died on May 7, blaming the United States.
- Children are now screaming for food, safehouses for dissidents have shuttered, and people are foraging in jungles daily as rations vanish, leaving many children hungry and weakened.
- A State Department statement said it `continues to stand with the people of Burma` while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on May 21 that `No one has died` and locals pleaded for resumed aid.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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