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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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Kenya: WFP Warns of Critical Food Shortages for Refugees in Kenya
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