Global alert for humanitarian aid shortage. According to World Vision International, food rations have been reduced and are based on rice and beans. There is no meat, fish or milk in them, but they are designed to prevent people from dying of hunger, given the lack of money and the 44% increase in the price of food.
André is a girl who has become a woman by force. The minor has been living in a refugee camp for a long time, where before, at least, they had something to eat. “The World Food Program and World Vision deliver food for avoid direct death from malnutrition“, says Eloísa Molina, member of World Vision NGO.
Thus, the diet is based on rice and beans, while there is no meat, fish or milk. Therefore, these children will not develop like others, but at least they will not die of hunger. The problem is when this basic nutrition is not available or is reduced, and girls, like André, try to help their families, with serious consequences: “I went into the forest to look for firewood and “Some men attacked us”The minor had to sleep with them that night and, since then, she is not the same.
The number of rapes and child marriages is skyrocketing
Cuts in humanitarian rations have led to a spike in rape and child marriages. In addition, many mothers have to put their children to bed crying from hunger, which is too hard. In this regard, Eloisa Molina, a member of the NGO World Vision, warns that “the number of suicides or attempted suicides by single mothers is one of the things that needs to be addressed.”
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme admits that it is not enough, and regrets that they are so stretched that right now any family that can get a bowl of rice a day by their own means is already outside of this aid. In this sense, the numerous active conflicts do not help either. “Currently, of the 280 million people who are in acute food insecurity, 70% are in conflict zones,” stresses Manuel Sánchez, from Action Against Hunger. The solution to this terrible situation is complicated in a world where wars are only increasing.
Source: Lasexta
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