Andarasan Ethirajan
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And that's why the World Food Programme is now warning that if they are not going to get enough money, then they might be forced to cut the food ration for the Rohingya refugees.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Now they say that it is not directly linked to the USAID cuts, but there is a general donor fatigue, but not getting enough money. But the US also made it very clear, the State Department as well, that emergency humanitarian aid will not be stopped. because they continue to give this money even to the Rohingya camps.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
So I spoke to one UNICEF official a couple of weeks ago when the decision was announced. They said, no, the emergency food aid that is being continued by the Americans. But what is happening, according to the Bangladeshi officials, is that there are five or six hospitals. They get... Und Barasan Etherajan.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
I spoke to one of the representatives of the World Food Program in Cox's Bazaar in southeastern Bangladesh, where these sprawling camps are there. Nearly a million Rohingya refugees are housed there. And now this official said basically they were not getting enough donors to meet the shortfall. What they need is about 80 million dollars to address the shortage.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And then they are now trying to find these donors so that they can meet this shortfall before the 1st of April. And in case if they get the money before April, 1st of April, then they might keep it at $12.5 per person per month. Die Frage ist, ob sie das Geld finden können. The difference in prices, the difference in the cut, how this will affect the food ration.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
But broadly speaking, there seems to be a donor fatigue. You see so many crises around the world, like in Gaza, in Ukraine, in Sudan. So there is a small pot of money for which many of these agencies are now trying to access.