WFP is short of US$44 million now to feed 1.1 million people because of the drought. Without new donations, WFP will run out of food to distribute in drought affected areas by the end of February.
WFP is short $44 million (US) now to feed 1.1 million people because of the drought. Without new donations, WFP will run out of food to distribute in drought affected areas by the end of February.
WFP is short $44 million now to feed 1.1 million people because of the drought. Without new donations, WFP will run out of food to distribute in drought affected areas by the end of February.
We're going to have to double or triple our efforts.
We are already on the edge because food is running out and we are supposed to be feeding people until February of next year. If we get a break in the food pipeline then malnutrition will go up very seriously.
We're not crying wolf. This is a very real crisis, and it is undoubtedly going to be very painful. We hope that donors will come up with cash soon, so that we can restore full rations.
If we don't get any more food aid it will be a catastrophe. We are already on the edge because food is running out and we are supposed to be feeding people until February next year.
If this is true, we condemn it and we urge that the looting of food aid cease immediately.
What is a very limited window of opportunity to avert mass suffering in Kenya is closing very fast.
It is dramatic. We have only received 32 percent of what we need to feed 6.1 million people during the height of the hunger season.
Unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors. We don't want Kenya to become another Niger, where ... donations only increased when people started dying after months of appeals for contributions to prevent deaths.
The fact that contributions have been very poor is very worrying.
There are all sorts of things you could do to make sure less rain does not mean more dead.
We don't want Kenya to turn into another Niger, where, in 2005, donations didn't start coming in until some of the victims were already dead.
We don't want to see people die in Kenya but unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors.
We are very saddened by any new loss of life, particularly associated with the delivery of humanitarian aid.
As you can see from Niger, you have a long period with nothing, then the camera crews arrive and it becomes a political issue. Then aid arrives.
Hot spots come and go due to crisis and drought, but the vast majority of people (Africans) are just too poor to feed themselves when there's a slight disruption of their environment.
The figure needs to be agreed on by all partners in order for it to be credible to the donors.
