UN food aid agency welcomes $800 mn donation from US

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain. (File/AFP)
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Updated 17 June 2026
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UN food aid agency welcomes $800 mn donation from US

ROME: The UN food aid agency, which has been hit hard by steep European and US funding cuts, on Wednesday welcomed a $800 million contribution from the United States.
The Rome-based World Food Programme in a statement said this would "support WFP's life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries".