WFP Halves Food Aid in West Bank Due to Funding Shortages
· World · The Independent, Fortune
The United Nations World Food Programme is reducing food assistance in the West Bank from 400,000 to 200,000 beneficiaries this month. The agency cited severe funding shortages as the primary cause for the cuts in the Palestinian territory. In Gaza, the WFP previously reduced cash assistance for 375,000 people by 40% in July and warned that further reductions are likely without new financial support. The organization requires an additional $386 million to maintain operations for 2 million food-insecure people across both the West Bank and Gaza through the end of the year. Recent data indicates that 900,000 people in the West Bank are currently food insecure, with 76% of households reporting a significant decline in income.
Why it matters
The reduction in aid directly impacts hundreds of thousands of vulnerable families in the West Bank and Gaza who rely on the WFP for basic nutrition amid rising food and fuel prices.
Read the original report — The Independent
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