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The results of a survey measuring the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) in 23 countries has just been released. The conclusion: the pandemic is having a widespread and severe impact on some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, including access to food, livelihoods and education.

On 25 November 2020, in his one-year spending review, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced cuts to the overseas aid budget, ending the Tory commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on aid.

The latest UN report clearly demonstrates that, in the absence of increased political commitment by global powers, the humanitarian system will continue to struggle against an increasing wave of crises.  

Situated on the outskirts of Nairobi is the largest informal settlement (slum) in Africa: Kibera - a vibrant but densely populated place, where the threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) is developing into something potentially worse than the virus itself.

You might read the headline and think this isn’t possible – especially as we are about to enter a new lockdown. But amongst the gloom of 2020 there have been some glimmers of hope, some reasons to be cheerful and some smiles to be had – you just had to look a bit harder to find them.

We've launched a new programme that will transform the lives of those living in the world’s hungriest country, the Central African Republic (CAR). 

It’s a question we get asked often - why after more than 50 years of working to end world hunger are there still so many people going to bed on an empty stomach?

Read our Executive Director's response to the report's findings.