{"id":16334,"date":"2025-03-29T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=16334"},"modified":"2025-03-29T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:12:53","slug":"wfp-says-funding-cuts-put-tens-of-millions-at-risk-of-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/03\/29\/wfp-says-funding-cuts-put-tens-of-millions-at-risk-of-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"WFP says funding cuts put tens of millions at risk of starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS\u00a0 — <\/strong>The UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday that funding cuts have put tens of millions people at risk of starvation.<\/p>\n

As many as \u201c58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency\u2019s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently, \u201c the WFP said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, it is presently facing a 40% drop in funding for 2025, as compared to last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is having severe repercussions for its food aid efforts globally, particularly emergency feeding programs that support the most vulnerable,\u201d it warned.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the matter, the agency\u2019s assistant executive director for partnerships and innovation, Rania Dagash-Kamara, said: \u201cThe WFP is prioritizing countries with the greatest needs and stretching food rations at the frontlines. While we are doing everything possible to reduce operational costs, make no mistake, we are facing a funding cliff with life-threatening consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the agency\u2019s 28 most critical crisis response operations are Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, South Sudan, Chad, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Uganda, Niger, Burkina Faso, DRC, Yemen, Mali, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Haiti, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia<\/span>, Kenya, Ukraine, Malawi, Burundi, Ethiopia, Palestine, Central African Republic, Jordan, and Egypt.<\/p>\n

Source: Anadolu Agency\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: view original<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATHENS\u00a0 — The UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday that funding cuts have put tens of millions people at risk of starvation. As many as \u201c58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency\u2019s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently, \u201c the WFP said in a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-food-security-cluster","category-news","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16335,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16334\/revisions\/16335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}