World Food Program officials say they need one million tons of food to alleviate hunger in southern Africa, but they are not confident they will get it. In an appeal to the international community at the beginning of July, WFP officials asked for more than $0.5 billion to buy food. So far they have received only 20 percent of that. WFP's director for the southern Africa region, Judith Lewis, says the situation is getting desperate. "The window of opportunity to avert what could be a major humanitarian crisis is closing," she said. "We need more assistance now. We need food on the high seas now, or we need cash to buy commodities that are still available in southern Africa, so we can avert this major, major crisis."
Abayobozi ba gahunda y’ibiribwa ku isi bavuga ko bakeneye toni miliyoni y’ibiribwa kugira ngo bagabanye inzara muri Afurika yepfo, ariko ntibizeye ko bazayibona. Mu cyifuzo cy’umuryango mpuzamahanga mu ntangiriro za Nyakanga, abayobozi ba WFP basabye amadolari arenga 0.5 yo kugura ibiryo. Kugeza ubu bakiriye 20 ku ijana gusa. Umuyobozi wa WFP mu karere ka Afurika y'Epfo, Judith Lewis, avuga ko ibintu bimeze nabi. Ati: "Idirishya ry'amahirwe yo gukumira icyaba ikibazo gikomeye cy’ubutabazi kirarangiye". "Ubu dukeneye ubufasha bwinshi. Dukeneye ibiryo ku nyanja ndende ubu, cyangwa dukeneye amafaranga yo kugura ibicuruzwa bikiboneka muri Afurika y'Epfo, bityo dushobora gukumira iki kibazo gikomeye kandi gikomeye."