Syrian Refugees' Plea for Food Aid Acknowledged by World Leaders
The Syrian war is doing more damage than displacing millions of innocent Syrians. The war has now caused aid agencies to cease help, unfortunately, and that includes food rations. According to The Star, the case of the Syrian refugees has been by far the worst since the Second World War and agencies couldn't help but feel the overpowering threat of the Syrian war.
Last year, the World Food Program (WFP) suffered a decline in their funding, forcing the UN agency to reduce their support and supply of food for the Syrian refugees. The case has worsen as some refugees couldn't even acquire a single supply of food while others have been cut with at least 50 percent of what they used to get.
A 28-year-old Syrian refugee in Northern Iraq named Perwin Shamsaddeen Ali told the news outlet, "I cook at 11 o'clock and we eat the leftovers in the evening. Why? Because we have no more food, that's why. Today I gave the kids some noodles, that's all. That's all we had today."
The WFP vouchers were also criticized because of its inability to be used outside the refugee camp. Refugees can only use the said voucher in the store located within the camp, which is more expensive than buying outside.
Refugees who were lucky enough to receive monthly cash assistance were also affected when the WFP reduced the amount to only $13.75 per person. Ali also added, "We are selling our stuff, our household items, to get along. Most of the time we sell the kerosene."
Meanwhile, according to The Guardian, British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a plea to increase the funds for these refugees. He also implied that the international community must act to raise at least several billions more than what was consolidated last year in order to ease the food crisis among Syrian refugees.
The London donor conference was attended by several world leaders, it was concluded that aid for Syrian refugees will double by 2020.
The impact of the Syrian war has deliberately incapacitated some agencies reaching out to the refugees. The peace talk that was supposed to happen in Geneva regarding the possibility of ending the Syrian civil war was also affected. UN's special envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura said, "I have concluded frankly that after the first week of preparatory talks there is more work to be done, not only by us but by the stakeholders."
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