Oct 15: World Food Programme (WFP) has said that the UN will cut food aid to thousands of refugees from Bhutan living in camps in Nepal due to severe food and funding shortages.
The WFP said with the “rapidly” diminishing food stocks it needed $4mn from donors to prevent additional cuts and continue feeding the refugees through to January 2010.
“We are extremely concerned about the consequences of reduced rations on the health of the refugees,” Richard Ragan, WFP Nepal chief, said in a statement.
“Without their full ration, the most vulnerable refugees will be forced to eat fewer meals or decrease portion sizes, leading to reduced nutritional status,” reads the statement.
