The UN stated late Friday night that the World Food Program (WFP) is trying to confront its worst challenge since World War II. The WFP is trying to tackle five top-level humanitarian crises at the same time. These crises are in Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. These areas require large-scale operations by the WFP currently along with other humanitarian agencies. Now, the WFP is preparing to scale up food assistance in Yemen, Nigeria, Ukraine and Libya, all areas with growing political instability. Some money that is going towards certain countries and their people is said to run out by May 1st. At this point, the WFP is worrying and, frankly, I don't blame them.
Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/20/un-food-challenge-wwii_n_6725448.html?utm_hp_ref=world
~Sarah Irene Rosenberg
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