SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT

Peace in Palestine = Peace in the World

ADVERTISEMENT

SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT

Syria: WFP to Reduce Food Aid Due to Funding Shortage

Nidiya Fitriyah - Thursday, 15 June 2023 - 08:50 WIB

Thursday, 15 June 2023 - 08:50 WIB

1 Views ㅤ

Syrians receive food aid packages in Syria on October 19, 2019 [Behçet Alkan/Anadolu Agency]

Rome, MINA – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Tuesday that it has to cut food aid to Syria by about half because of a lack of funding, MEMO reported.

“An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing a cut in assistance to 2.5 million of the 5.5 million people who rely on the agency for their basic food needs,” said the WFP. “After exhausting all other options, WFP took the decision to stretch the extremely limited resources by prioritising 3 million Syrians who are unable to make it from one week to the next without food assistance rather than continue assistance to 5.5 million people and run out of food completely by October.”

The agency’s representative and Country Director in Syria, Kenn Crossley, described this as a bleak scenario. “Instead of scaling up or even keeping pace with increasing needs, we’re facing the bleak scenario of taking assistance away from people, right when they need it the most.”

The WFP announcement came one day before the European Union is hosting the seventh Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”.(T/R3/RE1)

Also Read: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) 

Recommendation for you

Palestine
Palestinians in Gaza wait in line for hot meals (photo: Anadolu Agency)
Palestine
Gaza famine (photo: Palinfo)
Palestine
Palestine
Palestine