The director of the UN's World Food Programme laid out a plan to spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger following a back-and-forth with Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan if the WFP could describe 'exactly how' it would work
New York The director of the United Nations' World Food Programme laid out a plan to spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger — a direct response to a back-and-forth with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan if the WFP could describe"exactly how" it would work.
David Beasley, the UN food program director and former Republican governor of South Carolina, tweeted a link on Monday to a 1,000-word"executive summary." It maps out how the UN would deploy $6.6 billion worth of meals and vouchers to feed more than 40 million people across 43 countries that are"on the brink of famine" — thereby averting what the WFP is calling a looming"catastrophe."In the document Beasley posted, the WFP proposes dedicating $3.
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