The International Rescue Committee estimates that worldwide countries with about 11% of the world's population account for a staggering 82% of people needing humanitarian aid.

William Brangham spoke with Cindy McCain, head of the UN's World Food Program, about the world's largest and often overlooked humanitarian crisis.

Cindy McKin, I just want to ask you a little bit about what is happening in Sudan,

which, while many eyes are on Gaza,

Sudan is perhaps an even greater circumstance there.

We know that 14 million people and more have been displaced.

It is one of the worst crises in the world today.

Can you tell us a little bit about what is going on there from your point of view?

Well, it is, as you just said, the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet.

And you have people being pushed back and forth by various factions that are happening combined with what we call the lean season, which brings huge amounts of rains, which are also devastating.

And you've got the rebels roaming around making sure that people can't eat.

There is famine in Sudan.

And frankly, the world isn't paying attention to it at all.

The focus is on Gaza, and I wish people would pay closer attention also to Sudan and to South Sudan.

Are you able to operate there in any capacity that you feel is sufficient?

Well, we're operating, but not as what I feel is sufficient.

We are operating.

It is, as you know, is very challenging there, not just because of the political elements

and all the elements that are causing so much of this, but also from a, from a, just an operational

standpoint, trying to get trucks in and trying to get the commodities

in that we need to do. The Darfur region is devastated from all of this. And so it's imperative

that we push for this. The funding cuts have really, really had a real damper on all this

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