Budget decisions made by the U.S. Congress in the coming weeks will have their effect on Yemen. Proposals for reducing international food aid would limit the U.S.'s ability to respond to the humanitarian crisis escalating in Yemen, already the poorest country in the Middle East.
Congress has proposed reducing funding for the U.S. Food for Peace plan, which in 2011 supported the UN World Food Programme's (WFP) relief operation in Sana'a City and northern Yemen. In addition, Food for Peace funded Save the Children's voucher initiative, also in the north. This program showed promising results and if enough funding were available it could be continued and expanded.
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