The world is facing a major humanitarian crisis due to a lack of funds.<br /><br />The United Nations World Food Programme announced it has been forced to suspend assistance in the form of food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees. <br /><br />The vouchers are a lifeline to those displaced by the Syrian conflict across the Middle East.<br /><br />The UN needs $64 million for December alone.<br /><br />Syrians currently in Lebanon are already in dire straits:<br /><br />“Oh God, we are freezing to death. I don`t have any blankets. A neighbour gave me a piece of foam for my baby to sleep on and another one on which three children sleep.”<br /><br />“It’s freezing in the tents even when we light the heaters. As you can see there is mud everywhere. I have been in Lebanon for one year. I survive thanks to the UN food vouchers. I have nothing else.”<br /><br />The UN says funding pledges have not materialised and donor fatigue is an issue. <br /><br />The conflict in Syria began in 2011.
