The UN World Food Programme (WFP), facing huge budget shortfalls, is being forced to reduce rations for over 250,000 Yemenis who have been displaced by the conflict in the northern part of the country. On Wednesday, WFP and the Government of Yemen will host a press conference urging donations to avert a large-scale tragedy.
A WFP document obtained yesterday reads, “Reducing rations is not the solution, but rather a last resort. We have serious concerns about the impact that ration reductions will have on the nutrition and health status of families as they rely entirely on this assistance for survival. At this point we have no other option but to reduce rations in order to make the limited food quantities we have last longer until we get additional support…"
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