With the World Food Programme, or WFP, having to "hyper-prioritize" aid for the most vulnerable communities, many in need are being left behind. The WFP country director said: “Some of those come to the distribution site in tears, wailing, appealing, begging you to change your mind and put them on the list. I don't know what to say to them anymore.”
Date: 2/25
Region: Europe & Central Asia
Country: Afghanistan
Topic: Food & Farming
Policy Lens: Global Health Security
Entry Type: Field Observation
Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report's original reporting found in the Devex featured article "Afghans ‘desperate’ as aid cuts bring mass hunger crisis." Our journalist reports that as the snow cuts off highland communities in Afghanistan, aid workers say many won’t be alive once it melts.
This quote is attributed to John Alyieff, WFP's Country Director in Afghanistan.
Over 17.4 million people are estimated to require food assistance this winter — among the highest numbers ever recorded in Afghanistan — and the food parcels and cash assistance that once came from aid organizations are now scarce following foreign aid budget cuts. The WFP and other NGOs have typically delivered food aid ahead of the colder weather and heavy snowfall. But this year, a lack of resources has prevented WFP from reaching some remote mountain communities.
Source: Devex