Ertharin Cousin, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), is urging the world to help the starving people of the Central African Republic.
Speaking from the war-torn country she warns, “We must not wait until pictures of skeletal, severely underweight, children document our failure and neglect.”
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today it’s facing a dire humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic. With only 32 percent of the funds it needs, WFP says it “will be unable to scale-up ahead of the planting and rainy seasons, or to respond in newly secured areas.”
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today it’s only funded at 27 percent of required resources to feed the hungry in Central African Republic. Over one million people are in desperate need of food aid as violence has escalated in the country in recent months.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in a report released today, says it’s feeding 39,000 people in Chad who have fled the neighboring Central African Republic. Violence erupted last December in the Central African Republic causing widespread displacement.
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The UN World Food Programme says it is critical that roads are secured in the Central African Republic (CAR) so food can reach the hungry. The conflict has prevented trucks from traveling from Cameroon into the CAR.
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today of a severe hunger crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). Conflict has ravaged the CAR since last year with nearly one million people displaced.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today it’s running out of food to feed starving war victims in the Central African Republic (CAR). WFP rice is being blocked at the CAR border with Cameroon. Truck drivers are unwilling to cross the border because of the ongoing violence.
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The United Nations said yesterday that in the Central African Republic 1.3 million people are hungry and “need emergency food distributions.” Funding is desperately needed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to lead the hunger relief mission in the war-torn country.
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UNICEF said today it’s treating cases of severe malnutrition in the conflict-devastated Central African Republic. Mobile malnutrition units are also being used to increase the capacity to identify and treat cases in small children.
Severe malnutrition can cause lasting physical and mental damage in small children.With food supplies severely disrupted in the country, the threat of malnutrition is widespread.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today it’s feeding displaced persons at Bangui International Airport in the Central African Republic. This was the first distribution of food in three weeks at the airport because of violence in the nation’s capital.
WFP says food will be distributed to all 100,000 people at the airport over the next 10 days. French and African peacekeeping troops are providing security.
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