WFP Forced To Cut Food Assistance In DR Congo
Due to a funding shortfall, WFP will have to reduce or interrupt some of its activities as of December in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving thousands of people with no food assistance. To continue its operations over the next six months, WFP urgently needs US$75 million. WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
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WFP Forced to Reduce Food Assistance in DRC (For The Media)
Due to serious resource constraints, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will have to reduce or interrupt some of its activities as from this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving thousands of people with no food assistance.
Even Harder Times Ahead For Displaced In DR Congo
The World Food Programme is currently experiencing a shortage of funds - and consequently of food stocks - for its operations in DRC. This has already forced WFP to cut food rations in camps for displaced people in the east of the country. So serious has the funding situation now become that food assistance to many is set to be stopped altogether in coming months.
WFP forced to reduce food assistance in DR Congo
KINSHASA - Due to serious resource constraints, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will have to reduce or interrupt some of its activities as from this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving thousands of people with no food assistance.
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