Assalamu alaikum - where's the biggest need for food right now?
Assalamu alaikum. Here’s some sad news: the leadership of the World Food Programme warned that a sharp cut in funding is putting aid to people in the world’s hungriest regions at risk.
Besides the tragedy in the Gaza Strip, there are other regions that are often forgotten - Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan. In a report called “Lifeline Under Threat” these areas are named alongside Gaza as the most vulnerable. According to Ross Smith, the director of emergency response, in these countries many people are completely cut off from assistance - their situation is very precarious.
Jean-Martin Bauer, the director of food security, estimates that about 13.7 million people have suffered severe malnutrition this year. Bauer says things are hardest now in Gaza and Sudan. Overall, the number of people facing hunger worldwide has doubled over the last two years.
The situation is especially dire in Sudan: in August the Programme helped about 4 million Sudanese, but those who need help and didn’t get any are twice as many. In Afghanistan roughly 10 million people are facing food shortages, and right now they can help no more than a million.
Worldwide, about 319 million people don’t have stable access to food, and around 44 million are malnourished. Meanwhile, funding for the Programme for 2025 has been cut by roughly 40 percent - that’s where the problem with delivering aid comes from.
As Muslims, we pray to Allah for relief for the suffering and we remember our duty to help - zakat, sadaqa, helping relatives and the communities that work with those in need. May Allah ease their situation and guide us to help those who are in trouble.
https://islamnews.ru/2025/10/1