More than 400,000 children in Syria may suffer from serious malnutrition, NGOs Save the Children warned

More than 400,000 children in Syria are in danger of “serious malnutrition” after suspension of US aid, the NGO Save The Children, who said it was forced to limit its activities in the country, warned today. In a statement, Bujar Hoxha, director of Save the Children for Syria, called on the international community to urgently cover the funding deficit, stressing that the needs are greater than ever after years of war and economic collapse. “More than 416,000 children are currently exposed to a high risk of serious malnutrition after sudden suspension of foreign aid,” the statement said, which states that it is American aid. US President Donald Trump has broken up USAID, the US Development Service, which managed an annual budget of $ 42.8 billion, representing 42% of humanitarian aid worldwide. The “freezing” of this help forced Save the Children to cut more than one -third of her feeding programs in Syria, […]
Source: News Beast

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