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Published 3 months ago Refugees line up to collect food at a centre in Kakuma camp, in the north of Kenya.photo: WFP
Amidst a “critical shortage” of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN’s food relief agency warned on Thursday.
The World Food Programme (WFP) needs $57 million to continue providing food and nutrition assistance to the country’s 435,000-strong refugee population between January and June of next year.
“WFP is facing a critical shortage of funds to finance food assistance to refugees living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps and in Kalobeyei settlement”, said WFP Kenya Country Director Lauren Landis, referring to the country’s three main refugee sites.
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Most refugee families rely solely on WFP food to survive, says UN agency 17.12.2020
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More than 435,000 refugees in Kenya face “imminent food shortages unless new funds are swiftly received,” the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
In a statement, the WFP appealed for $57 million in order to be able to continue providing food and nutrition assistance to the refugees between January and June, 2021.
“Without new funds, WFP will need to completely halt all cash transfers starting in January and by March, will have fully depleted its food stocks,” the statement said.
It noted that most refugee families rely solely on WFP food to survive.
WFP warns of critical food shortages for refugees in Kenya
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