The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomed a $4 million grant from the government of Japan to support families struggling to meet their basic food needs. The grant will help WFP provide assistance to approximately 600,000 people in the Yangon area. The food rations will be delivered directly to vulnerable families, as part of WFP’s new operation to benefit 2 million people in the poorest neighborhoods of Myanmar’s urban areas. WFP estimates that up to 3.4 million more people, particularly in urban areas, will face hunger within the next six months due to the triple impact of pre-existing poverty, COVID-19, and the ongoing political crisis.
Source: World Food Program
