Shaun Hughes

Money Moves

Overseeing aid reductions amid funding shortfall

The World Food Programme halved its West Bank food aid in September, cutting recipients from 400,000 to 200,000 because of a funding shortfall. Displaced families, including that of 75-year-old widow Fawza Awad in Tulkarem, lost payments that had bought food for two or three people.

Updated Oct 26

Money Moves

Says the cuts stem from missing funding, not falling need or blocked access, as Gaza's flour supply runs out

The World Food Programme cut monthly food aid in Gaza from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million this month because donor money ran short. Rations are halved, hot meals fell from 250,000 to 150,000 a day, and the agency dropped 200,000 people in the West Bank.

Updated Oct 23