UPapa uFrancis wenza umnikelo kuWorld Food Programme njengoba lolu bhubhane lubangela indlala ekhulayo
UPapa uFrancis wenza umnikelo kuWorld Food Programme njengoba le nhlangano isebenza ukondla abantu abayizigidi ezingama-270 kulo nyaka phakathi nendlala eyandayo ebangelwa ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
Izinga lokutheleleka kweCoronavirus lenyuke eLatin America nase-Afrika ngesikhathi lapho amasheya wokudla kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba esesezingeni eliphansi, okushiya abantu abaningi besengozini yokuphelelwa ukudla, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi iWorld Food Program.
IVatican yamemezela ngoJulayi 3 ukuthi uPapa Francis uzokhipha u- € 25.000 (ama- $ 28.000) njengesibonakaliso sokusondelana kwakhe nalabo abathintwe yilesi sifo kanye nalabo abahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezibalulekile kwabampofu, ababuthaka nababuthaka kakhulu. womphakathi wethu. "
Ngalesi senzo "esingokomfanekiso", upapa ufisa ukuzwakalisa "isikhuthazo sikababa maqondana nomsebenzi wenhlangano nakwamanye amazwe ezimisele ukulandela izinhlobo zokusekelwa zokuthuthuka okubumbene nempilo yomphakathi kulesi sikhathi esibucayi futhi silwe nokungazinzi. ezenhlalo, ukungavikeleki kokudla, ukwanda kwemisebenzi kanye nokuwohloka kwezinhlelo zezomnotho zezizwe ezisengozini kakhulu. "
I-United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yethule isikhalazo ngama- $ 4,9 billion ezixhaswe ngemali yokuletha usizo lokudla lapho ohulumeni becela ukuxhaswa okwengeziwe.
"Umthelela we-COVID-19 kubantu usicela ukuthi sikhuphuke futhi siqinise nemizamo yethu yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abangavikeleki kakhulu ngokudla bathola usizo," kusho uMargot van der Velden, umqondisi wezimo eziphuthumayo zeWFP, ngoJulayi 2.
UVan der Velden uthe ukhathazekile kakhulu ngeLatin America, nokwenze sakhuphuka kathathu isibalo sabantu abadinga usizo lokudla njengoba lesi sifo sibhebhetheka esifundeni sonke.
INingizimu Afrika, ebhale amacala angaphezu kwe-159.000 e-COVID-19, iphinde yathola ukwenyuka kwe-90% isibalo sabantu abaphephile ukudla, ngokusho kwe-WFP.
"Abaphambili empini yokulwa ne-coronavirus isuka kwabacebile iye emazweni ampofu," kusho isikhulu se-WFP uDavid Beasley ngoJuni 29.
“Kuze kube lusuku esiba nalo umuthi wokugomela ukwelashwa, ukudla kuwukugoma okungcono kakhulu kokulwa nezinxushunxushu,” kusho yena