WFP to Cut Food Rations for Refugees due to Funding Issues

World Food Prom (WFP) has decided to cut food rations for refugees and their families across the world soon due to insufficient funding.

Executive Director of WFP David Beasley, said sadly: “As global hunger soars way beyond the resources available to feed all the families who desperately need WFP’s help, we are being forced to make the heartbreaking decision to cut food rations for refugees who rely on us for their survival."

“Without urgent new funds to support refugees - one of the world’s most vulnerable and forgotten groups of people - many facing starvation will be forced to pay with their lives,” she warned.

"WFP, together with partners and governments, is working towards building and supporting livelihood and resilience programs for refugees."

In a statement released by WFP,  it said, "Today, ration cuts of up to 50 percent affect three in four refugees supported by WFP in East Africa ( Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda)."

Meanwhile, in West Africa, several funding issues have forced WFP to significantly reduce rations for refugees living there.

WFP has needed to prioritize assistance to ensure that vital food reaches the most vulnerable families first – often leaving refugees without support at a time when food assistance is the difference between life and death, the statment pointed out.

As WFP is forced to institute ration reductions to stretch limited resources, this year saw an additional six million refugee movements from Ukraine, the statment of WFP noted.

In response, WFP in Moldova has delivered about 475,000 hot meals to impacted families across 31 different localities.

According to the latest statistics released by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), 67 percent of refugees and asylum seekers have originated from countries with food crises in 2021.

It's worth mentioning that the UN agency assisted nearly 10 million refugees globally last year.