Save the Children’s new report shows the horrific devastation to Syria’s health care system after years of civil war. The impact is hardest on children.
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German donation expands food for education in Yemen
The UN World Food Progamme (WFP) said yesterday that a donation from Germany has allowed expansion of school feeding in Yemen. A food for education project is increasing from 35,000 school girls to 100,000 for this year.
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UN facing serious funding shortfall to feed Syria
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in a report released today, says its “operations in Syria are facing a serious funding shortfall.” According to the report only 4 percent of funding requirements have been received.
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UN Security Council demands Syrians get relief from chilling darkness of hunger
The United Nations Security Council yesterday approved a resolution (2139) demanding full access to the starving war victims in Syria. The resolution calls for an end to all violence to allow the country to rebuild.
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UN approves plan to fight hunger in Yemen
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today it’s approved a two-year plan to fight hunger and build self-sufficiency in Yemen. The relief to recovery operation is estimated to cost US $491 million dollars.
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UN demands continued access to feed war victims in Syria
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday demanded “continuous and sustainable access to provide food and to monitor and assess needs,” in Homs, Syria and other parts of the war-torn country.
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UN airlifts life-saving food into Syria
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today started airlifting food from Iraq into Northeast Syria to feed starving war victims. The food is for 30,000 displaced persons in Qamishli.
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Nuclear Peace Emerging in the Middle East
Last year ended with some momentum toward ending the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. If a comprehensive agreement can be forged this year, it will be a major step toward freeing the world of the costly and dangerous burden of nuclear weapons.
Iran has suffered from sanctions for failing to live up to obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. A report from the International Federation of Human Rights stated the consequences for the Iranian people:
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WFP and Yemen Sign Food Aid Agreement, but Funding Remains Low
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it had signed two agreements with Yemen‘s government on feeding five million people in the impoverished country. Implementation of the agreement will depend on funding received from the international community.
Lubna Alaman, WFP Country Director says, “This is a critical time for Yemen and we hope that WFP assistance will contribute to the general stabilization of Yemen at an important moment in the transition process. We hope that we receive funding to be able to continue our programmes to reduce acute malnutrition among young mothers and children as well as raise the food consumption levels of families struggling to feed their families and others affected by conflict.”
The food aid will be distributed to families all across Yemen struggling with hunger and high food prices. Internally displaced persons and refugees from Somalia will also benefit. Small children will be provided special nutritional foods to prevent the lasting physical and mental damage caused by malnutrition.
WFP relies on voluntary funding to carry out these programs. Currently only US $127 million of US $242 million has been received. Donors so far include Japan, the United States, Canada, the European Commission, Germany and Finland.
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Millions of Syrians Desperate for Food Aid
Though many families have fled Homs, a few choose to return to their homes in the neighbourhood of Baba Amr despite the challenges. Of those who have fled from Homs to Aleppo,many were later forced to move along when the fighting intensified there as well (photo courtesy WFP/Abeer Etefa)
Life-saving food aid is not reaching hungry Syrians because of the escalating conflict between Assad’s government and rebels. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today that “the situation is critical in conflict zones and some opposition-held areas where WFP has limited access and where millions of people are believed to be in acute need of food.”
WFP is urging the warring parties to allow food aid to pass safely into conflict zones. The hardest-to-reach areas include parts of rural Damascus, Quneitra, Dara’a, Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqa, and the north of the country, particularly Aleppo and Idlib.
Muhannad Hadi, WFP’s Regional Emergency Coordinator for the Syria crisis, says, “It has become a struggle now to move food from one area to the other with our warehouses and trucks getting increasingly caught in the crossfire. We are sometimes left with the difficult decision of calling off the dispatch of food to a place where we know there is dire need for it.”
WFP lost some food when a mortar struck one of its warehouses. The UN food agency is trying to feed 2.5 million Syrians this month inside the battered country.
Funding problems as well as violence plague the relief mission. WFP relies on voluntary funding from governments and the public. Funds are needed to feed not only the at least 2.5 million Syrians inside the country, but also the close to a million refugees who have fled to Jordan and other neighbors.
WFP has already started to bring Plumpy’Doz, a food that fights child malnutrition, into Syria. As the conflict continues, more and more Syrian children will be at risk of lasting physical and mental damage, or even death, from the malnutrition in the country.
WFP has set up a relief fund for Syria.
Article first published as Millions of Syrians Desperate for Food Aid on Blogcritics.
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