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Point of View: It takes a hamlet to feed the hungry
Homer is known as “the cosmic hamlet by the sea” or, alternately, as “a quaint little drinking village with a fishing problem.” While these epitaphs capitalize on Homer’s charm, behind the facade of a small, idyllic fishing town, Homer has a hunger problem.
Ilona Biskup, like millions of Americans, relies on food banks, free eaters and government aid to survive
Rome, Italy. The World Food Programme (WFP) warned this Tuesday that the drastic reduction in humanitarian budgets will leave the majority of people who will need food aid unassisted next year. According to the United Nations agency, it will only be able to care for one third of the 318 million people who will face acute hunger in 2026. “The decline in global humanitarian funding is forcing WFP to prioritize food aid to about one third of those …
On Tuesday, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that of the approximately 318 million people in need of food aid in 2026, the United Nations will be at best able to help only about one third of them, owing to a lack of adequate funding.
In 2026, out of 318 million people facing hunger, the World Food Programme will only be able to help a third, due to a lack of adequate funding. ...
The UN agency, which deplores "a number of simultaneous famines" in the world, estimates that only 110 million of the 318 million people affected can provide food aid.
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