WFP worries over drought mitigatory funding shortfall

THE United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has expressed concern over possible funding shortfall that is threatening to disrupt critical food assistance programmes in Zimbabwe.

WFP and its partners have been working tirelessly to address food insecurity caused by the El Niño-induced drought, which has since been declared a state of national disaster.

In May this year, WFP and its partners provided aid to approximately 61 984 people in five urban domains through the urban cash transfer programme, which offers monthly cash transfer of US$13 per person to combat short-term food insecurity.

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