Metropolis Desk-
The United Nations is facing a funding crisis due to record-breaking hunger in many countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and West Africa.
At least 38 of the 86 countries where WFP operates have already experienced cuts or plans to cut assistance.
WFP’s operating requirement is $20 billion, but it has only received around $5 billion this year.
The largest food and nutrition crisis in history persists, with 345 million people still acutely food insecure and hundreds of millions at risk of worsening hunger.
Conflict, insecurity, climate change, disasters, food price inflation, and debt stress are the primary drivers of acute hunger worldwide.
Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program, urged traditional donors to support the agency during this difficult time, as aid and humanitarian budgets in Europe and the United States have not improved since 2021-2022.
