The central African country of Sudan is facing one of the worst hunger crises in modern history.
“Every day there are children dying from hunger and malnutrition,” Mary Stata, chief development officer of Portland-based international nonprofit Mercy Corps, told OPB. “And we have had to cut programming as a result of the U.S. reduction in foreign assistance.”
Stata said Mercy Corps’ work in Sudan helped feed and support more than 220,000 people. But that program, along with dozens of others, was abruptly terminated when the federal government stopped the majority of its foreign aid…