FNs Fødevareprogram (WFP) vender sig nu til de sociale medier på internettet for at skrabe penge sammen til at brødføde 1,7 millioner syriske flygtninge i nabolandene – kampagnen løber over 72 timer og skal ophæve stoppet for madkuponer på grund af manglende donorstøtte.
ROME, 3 December 2014 (UN News Service): Two days after the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was forced to suspend food assistance to millions of Syrian refugees due to lack of funding, the UN organization Wednesday announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to drum up support and financing for its life-saving efforts in the war-ravaged country and surrounding region.
“Even one dollar can make a difference. We are saying to people: ‘For you, it is a dollar, for them, it is a lifeline,’” said WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin on the initiative.
The appeal follows the WFP’s announcement on Monday that it will halt a food voucher (madkupon) programme targeting 1.7 million destitute Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.
The refugees use the electronic vouchers to purchase food in local shops and without them many families will simply go hungry. As many of them already live in very precarious conditions, the agency warns that the consequences of halting food assistance will be “devastating.”
The 72-hour campaign hope to pull in 64 million US dollar (godt 380 mio. DKR) to be immediately implemented during the month of December and is urging donors and members of the public to follow the WFP’s link www.wfp.org/forsyrianrefugees to donate online.
In addition, the agency said, donors will be asked to swap their profile pictures on social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook with a badge representing the “1 Dollar for Syrian Refugees” campaign.
“We know that people care – and we are asking them to show it, by giving even this small amount to Syrians in need. All it takes is one dollar from 64 million people.”
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