US EditionUN’s World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger
- On Wednesday, October 14, the United Nations World Food Programme warned nearly 14 million people in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan risk severe hunger due to donor cuts.
- A 40% reduction in expected donations leaves WFP with a $6.4 billion budget this year, down from $10 billion last year, forcing cuts across United Nations organisations.
- WFP data shows global hunger at record levels with 319 million people facing acute insecurity, and a report warned cuts could push 13.7 million people from crisis to emergency levels.
- Cuts have left lifesaving services strained as in Afghanistan, food assistance reaches less than 10% of food insecure people, and even gains in the Sahel region lifting 500,000 could reverse.
- The WFP warned its funding `has never been more challenged` this year, linking the shortfall to slashed outlays by the United States under President Donald Trump and leading Western donors.
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WFP says aid cuts risk pushing millions into extreme hunger
The UN's World Food Programme warned Wednesday that "staggering" cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger - one step before famine. It warned that six key operations - in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan - "are currently facing major disruptions, which will only get worse by year-end". "WFP is facing a sta…
Up to 14 million people are facing extreme hunger as a result of drastic cuts in development aid.
The World Food Programme warns: At least 13 million people are at risk of extreme hunger. In countries like Haiti school meals have already been stopped. Afghanistan, Somalia and South Sudan are also particularly affected.
UN food agency warns aid cuts risk pushing 13.7 million people into extreme hunger
The UN's World Food Programme warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts could push as many as 13.7 million people receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger – one step before famine.
Donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger – UN World Food Program
GENEVA — The United Nations’ food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could be forced into emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Program, traditionally the UN’s most-funded agency, said in a new report that its funding this year “has never been more challenged” — largely due to slashed outlays from the US under the Trump a…
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