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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Hunger relief mission for Pakistan drastically underfunded

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is facing funding shortages for its hunger relief mission in Pakistan. WFP is providing assistance to Pakistan as it recovers from the massive floods of last August. WFP’s "US$596 million flood operation is currently only 63 percent resourced and faces a shortfall of US$225 million."

The flood relief is only part of the mission in Pakistan. There is a second component and it too has a funding shortage.

Read the full article at Examiner.com