Papa Francis apereka zopereka ku World Food Program chifukwa mliriwo umadzetsa njala

Papa Francis apereka zopereka ku World Food Program pomwe bungweli likugwira ntchito kudyetsa anthu 270 miliyoni chaka chino pantchito yanjala yomwe ikubwera chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus.

Kuchulukana kwa Coronavirus kwachulukanso ku Latin America ndi ku Africa pa nthawi yomwe chakudya chakumadera ena chatsika kale, kusiya anthu ambiri kukhala pachiwopsezo cha chakudya, malinga ndi tsamba la World Food Program.

A Vatikani adalengeza pa Julayi 3 kuti Papa Francis apereka ndalama zokwana € 25.000 ($ 28.000) ngati njira "yosonyeza kuyandikira kwake kwa iwo omwe akhudzidwa ndi mliriwu komanso omwe akuchita ntchito zofunikira kwa osauka, ofooka komanso ovutikira kwambiri. zamadera athu. "

Ndi manja "ophiphiritsa" awa, papa akufuna kufotokozera "chilimbikitso cha abambo chogwira ntchito yothandizira mabungwe ndi mayiko ena ofunitsitsa kutsatira njira zothandizira kutukula kophatikizana ndi thanzi laboma munthawi yamavuto ndi kuthana ndi kusakhazikika. zamagulu, kusowa kwa chakudya, kuchuluka kwa ntchito ndi kuwonongeka kwa kayendetsedwe ka chuma ka mayiko omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri. "

United Nations World Food Program (WFP) yakhazikitsa pempho lofuna $ 4,9 biliyoni kuti lipereke ndalama zothandizira zakudya pomwe maboma akupempha thandizo lochulukirapo.

"Zovuta za COVID-19 kwa anthu zikutifunsa kuti tiwonjezerepo ndikuti tiwonjezere zoyesayesa zathu kuti anthu ambiri otetezeka chifukwa cha chakudya alandire thandizo," atero a Margot van der Velden, director of emergency ku WFP, pa Julayi 2.

A Van der Velden ati akuda nkhawa kwambiri ndi Latin America, yomwe ikuwonjezeka katatu kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akufunika thandizo la chakudya pomwe mliriwu udafalikira kuderali.

South Africa, yomwe yalembapo milandu yoposa 159.000 ya COVID-19, yakumananso ndi 90% ya anthu osatetezeka pachakudya, malinga ndi WFP.

"Mzere wakutsogolo pankhondo yolimbana ndi coronavirus ikuyenda kuchokera kwa olemera kupita kudziko losauka," atero mkulu wa WFP a David Beasley pa Juni 29.

"Mpaka tsiku lomwe tili ndi katemera wa mankhwala, chakudya ndiye katemera wabwino koposa chisokonezo," adatero