The World Food Programme has issued a stark warning that up to 800,000 refugees living in camps across Kenya are now surviving on severely reduced food supplies, following the most significant cut to rations since the camps were first established. The UN agency announced a 30 percent reduction in food assistance—a move driven by an alarming drop in international funding for humanitarian relief.

This latest cutback comes as global aid budgets continue to shrink, with the United States, historically one of the largest donors, implementing sharp reductions in its contributions. The impact is being felt acutely in Kenya’s refugee camps, where many families, already grappling with years of hardship and displacement, now face worsening food insecurity.

WFP officials say the organisation is struggling to meet basic nutritional needs amid a growing funding shortfall and increasing global demand for emergency assistance. Aid workers on the ground warn that the situation could deteriorate further without urgent financial support from the international community. There are growing fears that prolonged shortages could lead to rising levels of malnutrition, especially among children, and increase the risk of disease and social unrest in the overcrowded camps.

With no immediate end in sight to the funding crisis, humanitarian groups are calling for renewed international commitment to support the world’s most vulnerable populations, warning that failure to act could have devastating consequences for hundreds of thousands of lives.

Al Jazeera.