Ukrainian war, and the intensified humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and Afghanistan, which caused international donations.The Food Aid Program of the United Nations in northeastern Nigeria has only obtained about 40 % of the required funds.More than 1.7 million young children are malnourished.
The UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Department said that they needed $ 1 billion (about S $ 1.39 billion) this year, which was three states in northeastern Nigeria -Bolno, Adamawa and Jobes 550.10,000 people provide food aid.But in the first eight months of this year, they only raised 42 % of funds.
Muqisa, coordinator of the Nutrition Department of the United Nations, said that if the funds are not in place, as many as 5,000 children in Northeast Nigeria will face the risk of death in the next two months.
Islamic rebels have long been entangled in northeast Nigeria. The local situation is turbulent, forcing millions of people to escape from their homes, farmers abandon their cultivated land and cause food shortage.The United Nations estimates that about 1.74 million local children under the age of five are acute malnutrition.
The 35 -year -old Fatima took her 14 -month -old and severe daughter Aisha with her 14 -month -old and severe malnutrition, and went to the hospital in Dalturu, the capital of Jobe Prefecture for help.
Fatima revealed that the small town she lived was 50 kilometers away from Damaturuy. The villagers abandoned the farmland because they were worried about the rebels. She also stopped picking up firewood from the forest for safety considerations.From time to time, the family must fall asleep hungry due to food shortage.
Doctors said that when Esha was first admitted, some organs had begun to fail.Her weight is only 4.7 kg, less than half of the average weight of children of the same age.Fortunately, after receiving treatment and eating through feeding pipes, the situation of Aisha gradually improved.
