"When people are hungry, they only have three options - they revolt, they migrate or they die,"
Josette Sheeran, right, head of the World Food Program, gives a 'high five' to a Palestinian boy as she visits a boys elementary school in the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Sheeran toured Hebron to inspect the distribution of food through electronic vouchers, a program that agency officials say was first tried out in the West Bank. Holders can buy staples, such as lentils, rice, oil and dairy products, at participating stores. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Josette Sheeran, right, head of the World Food Program, gives a 'high five' to a Palestinian boy as she visits a boys elementary school in the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Sheeran toured Hebron to inspect the distribution of food through electronic vouchers, a program that agency officials say was first tried out in the West Bank. Holders can buy staples, such as lentils, rice, oil and dairy products, at participating stores. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/17/AR2011011702623.html
Monday, January 17, 2011; 2:52 PM By KARIN LAUB The Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The World Food Programme is nearly $3 billion short this year in its fight against global hunger, and the gap is likely to grow if food prices keep rising, the head of the U.N. agency said in an interview Monday.
Josette Sheeran said the shortfall amounts to almost half the agency's budget.
Sheeran spoke to The Associated Press after touring the Palestinian city of Hebron, where she inspected an electronic food voucher project meant to streamline distribution of food to the needy...READ MORE
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