Monday, September 21, 2009

WFP: World Food Aid at 20-Year Low

The UN’s global relief agency is warning food aid has fallen to a twenty-year low despite the number of critically hungry reaching its highest level ever. The World Food Program says it’s facing a more than $4 billion shortfall for its $6.7 billion budget. The number of hungry people is expected to pass one billion this year for the first time.

-democracy now

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/17/headlines#8

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