Leading aid groups want Congress to ramp up funding for food and other global humanitarian needs, saying not enough of President Biden's $33B for Ukraine is devoted to such concerns.
Residents line up to collect food aid at a humanitarian aid station on March 29, 2022, in Trostyanets, Ukraine. | Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesLeading aid groups want Congress to ramp up funding for food and other global humanitarian needs exacerbated by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, saying not enough of President Joe Biden’s new $33 billion request is devoted to such concerns.
“The world is facing a hunger catastrophe on an unprecedented scale, with the crisis in Ukraine serving as a ‘hunger multiplier’ for emergencies around the world,” states an excerpt from the draft letter, which is expected to be sent later this week. The cost of fuel is going up, too, given Russia’s role in the energy markets, affecting aid groups’ ability to transport humanitarian supplies. All of that is on top of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has been disrupting global supply chains for some two years now.
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