Myanmar region sees 'desperately hungry people' after aid cutbacks

The Manila Times

Myanmar region sees 'desperately hungry people' after aid cutbacks  There is an increase in the number of "desperately hungry people" in one of Myanmar's most conflict-ravaged regions, says the World Food Program Myanmar director Michael Dunford. The situation was exacerbated in April when the World Food Program (WFP) was forced to cut aid to one million people nationwide, after a global downturn in aid funding led by its largest donor, Washington.  WFP MYANMAR / AFP   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #worldnews

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00:00There you go, man.

00:15The ongoing conflict,

00:43the lack of humanitarian access,

00:46the inability to reach populations

00:48where they need the support

00:51are all contributing.

00:53In addition, just moving commodities

00:55into this area are very challenging

00:58because of the constraints

01:00that are now in place.

01:01So all of these factors

01:03are exacerbating the food security situation.

01:06This is resulting in an increase

01:09in the number of hungry,

01:11desperately hungry people.

01:12We worry that the hunger levels will go up.

01:15We worry that the malnutrition levels will go up.

01:17And this is really going to impact

01:19the most vulnerable women, children, elderly,

01:22people who cannot meet their basic needs.

01:26And that's why we call

01:27on the international community

01:28to continue to support

01:30the World Food Programme in Myanmar

01:33and particularly in Rakhine.

01:35When you consider

01:36what is happening elsewhere in the world,

01:38people really aren't focusing

01:40and haven't been focusing

01:41on the needs of the population

01:43in Myanmar.

01:45We estimate as the World Food Programme,

01:47there could be almost 16 million people,

01:49over a third of the population,

01:52that are acutely food insecure.

01:54And this is particularly true

01:56in Rakhine itself.

01:58Welcome to Rakhine itself,

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