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Trump budget: The Trump administration’s decision to shut down USAID and cut funding for other help organizations is impacting international humanitarian organizations. These budget changes have had a major impact on Kenya’s two biggest refugee camps.
The Trump administration’s decision to reduce USAID continues to have an impact on the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
A smile is painted by the empty warehouses in the World Food Program’s food storage facilities at the camp.
Among the few supplies left for the entire refugee camp are a few bags of US-sourced lentils.
These US-sourced lentils are some of the last supplies left for the entire refugee camp, with warehouse supplies cut by 25%.
No more food has arrived since the US, the WFP’s biggest donor, stopped financing in February.
More than 300,000 refugees from countries like South Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are housed in Kakuma, which is located in Kenya’s arid north.
WFP has been obliged to drastically cut food handouts due to a shortage of food. According to their assessment from August, over one-third of the refugees will not receive any food at all.
We see the food that Regina Ngole, who fled the South Sudanese conflict, prepares for her family of seven.
She only collected a few leaves that day.
The rice, oil, and lentils she received from WFP for June and July have already been depleted.
A community health worker has come to check on her since her two-year-old has frequent hospitalizations for acute malnutrition.
Her health has improved, but it’s unclear how long that will last.
The bulk of refugees rely on food rations; however, others have started enterprises or found employment within the camp.
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