Global Food Price Increase Forces World Vision to Cut 1.5 Million People from Food Aid Program
April 23rd, 2008Via: CNW Group:
One of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations has announced it can no longer provide food to 1.5 million of the 7.5 million poor it fed last year.
World Vision blamed the soaring cost of food and unmet donor country aid commitments for the 23 per cent decrease in the number of people it was able to provide with food aid. World Vision has 31,000 staff working in around 100 countries worldwide and operates food programs in 35 countries.
“Despite our best efforts, 1.5 million of our beneficiaries are no longer receiving food aid,” said Dave Toycen, President of World Vision Canada.
“Around 572,000 of these are children who urgently need enough healthy food to thrive.
