Lifesaving food — enough to feed thousands — was just burned. More than 500 tons of U.S.-funded emergency food, intended for families facing hunger, expired due to aid cuts and had to be destroyed before it could reach them. In moments like this, your support becomes even more powerful — because when aid funds fall short, it's people like you who step in and make the difference. These high-energy biscuits — filled with calories and other nutrients — were left stranded in Dubai after the U.S. administration cut funds and drastically reduced U.S. humanitarian efforts. This lifesaving and life-sustaining food will no longer reach the people who need it most. As we start seeing the life-and-death impacts of global aid funding cuts, we cannot sit idly by and allow innocent families to perish. Will you rush a gift right now to help fill the gap being left behind?
An estimated 132,000 lives may have already been lost, and another 176,000 are at risk by the end of this year. According to the World Food Program, 319 million people are facing acute levels of food insecurity worldwide. Decimating foreign aid and allowing vital food to go to waste is costing lives around the world, particularly in Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where hunger and violence are rampant. Here at Mercy Corps, we remain committed to ensuring that communities do not pay the price for shifting political winds. In this critical moment, we need your support. As an integral part of our global humanitarian community, will you make a gift right now to push back against the impacts of funding aid cuts?
Sincerely, The Mercy Corps team |
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