Inside the Trump Administration's Man-Made Hunger Crisis
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ProPublica reported that reduced World Food Program resources left roughly 136,000 people—about half of Kenya's Kakuma camp population—without food assistance during a ration cycle after U.S. funding cuts.
Passages and source records documenting: About 136,000 refugees in Kenya received no food in a ration cycleAbout 136,000 refugees in Kenya received no food in a ration cycle · Half of Kakuma's population was excluded from food distribution in the reported cycle
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ProPublica reviewed clinic records and reporting from Kenya's Kakuma refugee complex identifying 54 children who died with malnutrition complications after U.S.-funded food and nutrition support was sharply reduced; individual causation can involve multiple conditions.
Passages and source records documenting: Fifty-four children died with malnutrition complications after Kenya food-aid cutsFifty-four children died with malnutrition complications after Kenya food-aid cuts · Clinic records identified 54 child deaths during the post-cut period