GENEVA (Bernama-WAM): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that 58 million people are at risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.
Despite the generosity of many governments and individual donors, WFP is experiencing a steep decline in funding across its major donors.
The severity of these cuts, combined with record levels of people in need, have led to an unprecedented crisis for tens of millions across the globe reliant on food aid.
Right now, the organisation is facing an alarming 40 per cent drop in funding for 2025, as compared to last year. This is having severe repercussions for its food aid efforts globally, particularly emergency feeding programmes that support the most vulnerable.
Today, global hunger is skyrocketing as 343 million people face severe food insecurity, driven by an unrelenting wave of global crises including conflict, economic instability, and climate-related emergencies.
In 2025, WFP’s operations are focused on supporting just over one-third of those in need - roughly 123 million of the world’s hungriest people - nearly half of whom (58 million) are at imminent risk of losing access to food assistance.
Last year, WFP teams helped feed more than 120 million people in 80 countries, delivering urgent food aid to hunger hotspots and front-line crises around the world. - Bernama-WAM
