AMMAN — The
United Nations World Food Program (WFP)
in Jordan on Monday welcomed a timely contribution from the government of
Canada, which helped the agency reverse planned cuts in food assistance for
110,000
refugees, a statement from WFP said.
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Shortage of funds has made it difficult for WFP to provide
vital monthly food assistance to half a million refugees in Jordan, according
to the statement.
WFP had already been forced to stop this assistance to
21,000 vulnerable refugees in July due to lack of funds and was concerned that
further cuts to another 110,000 refugees are unavoidable in September, the
agency said in the statement, adding that the Canadian government “stepped in
with emergency funding of $3.2 million to maintain this monthly assistance for
another month.”
“WFP is grateful for the Canadian government’s continuous
support to the refugee crisis in Jordan, supporting us once again to avert food
assistance cuts to tens of thousands of refugees. However, WFP’s funding
situation remains critical; the organization urgently needs a further $53
million to maintain food assistance to half a million vulnerable refugees
during October, November and December 2021,” Alberto Correia Mendes,
representative and country director for WFP in Jordan, was quoted as saying in
the statement.
For her part, Canadian Ambassador to Jordan Donica Pottie
said that “Canada is committed to supporting WFP’s efforts to provide food
assistance and other humanitarian needs in Jordan. We are happy to provide
assistance at a critical time for WFP.”
Since the beginning of 2021, Canada has contributed $12.6
million to support WFP’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan,
according to the statement.
More than a quarter of refugees in Jordan are already food
insecure and a further 65 percent are on the edge of food insecurity, WFP
noted.
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