Reductions in rations to refugees are a timely reminder: relief workers and governments must prepare for the 'new normal'
Nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa are receiving severely reduced food rations because of a shortage of funds in the World Food Programme and in the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. At least half of them are children for whom poor nutrition can have life-long negative consequences.
This is happening despite the increase of humanitarian funding globally. Between 2006 and 2011, the world provided just over $2bn to help victims of humanitarian emergencies through the Central Emergency Response Fund. Since then, humanitarian funding has continued to rise. The average annual humanitarian spending doubled from $7.6bn in 2000-2009 to more than $14.3bn a year between 2010-2013, and already surpasses $10bn in just the first half of 2014.
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