It really is heartbreaking to see the levels of desperation, hunger, of hopelessness across the

entirety of the strip.

That is Matt Hollingworth from the United Nations World Food Program.

He sent NPR this voice memo from Gaza.

So many mothers who go to sleep listening to the cries of their children because they are still hungry and many

parents who are skipping meals day by day by day just to ensure that their

children have something every evening.

About 30% of the population in Gaza is experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger,

according to an international committee of experts.

After five months of war they say hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza

are facing imminent famine.

In Sudan, a year of civil war has also created a devastating situation because of the conflict, people are being deprived of the basic necessities and are struggling to survive.

Here's the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perreello, talking to

NPR last week. People just need access to food and water and we have these

generals playing games with people's lives by closing

lines inside where food can cross while people are dying.

John Martin Bauer is country director for the UN's World Food

Program in Haiti where armed gangs control most of the capital of Porto Prince.

Haiti is going through a severe food crisis.

It's been a long-term food crisis.

In fact, since 2020, since COVID, at least 4 million people in Haiti have

been acutely food insecure. And right now, out of this 4 million, 1 million or

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