More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the U.

The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

Akron-area nonprofits that help people facing food insecurity and hunger fear cuts in federal funding could leave their programs starved for resources. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently announced over $1 billion in budget cuts to food banks and schools nationwide,