One meal a day, worth 43 cents, for 42 million people in 43 countries in one year. That could be provided by the UN World Food Program if it received $ 6.6 billion from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
It didn’t take long for the program to meet the challenge of the CEO of Tesla. Two weeks ago, Chief X David Beasley announced that just 2 percent of Musk’s wealth, or about $ 6 billion, was enough to prevent the starvation of 42 million people. Beasley called on Musk and the world’s second-richest man, Jeff Bezos, for help.
But Musk said he would give the money if the UN “can explain how $ 6 billion can solve the world’s hunger problem.” “I’m ready to sell Tesla shares now and settle it. But the financial statements need to be open so the public can see exactly how the money is being spent,” the billionaire explained on Twitter.
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The detailed plan is a fact. It has been uploaded to a site called “One-Time Appeal to Billionaires”. It breaks down how $ 6.6 billion can be spent to feed 42 million people.
“The hunger crisis is urgent, unprecedented and we can avoid it. Elon Musk, you have asked for a clear plan and an open report,” Beasley wrote on Twitter. “Here it is! We are ready to talk to you, and to anyone who is serious, about saving lives. We are asking for 6.6 billion to prevent famine in 2022,” said the head of the food program for the super-rich. Beasley is also a former governor of South Carolina.
This hunger crisis is urgent, unprecedented, AND avoidable. @elonmusk, you asked for a clear plan & open books. Here it is! We’re ready to talk with you – and anyone else – who is serious about saving lives. The ask is $6.6B to avert famine in 2022: https://t.co/eJLmfcMVqE
— David Beasley (@WFPChief) November 15, 2021
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The post also has a link to the site made by the food program, where the breakdown of costs is. According to him, at the moment “the perfect storm of conflicts, climate crisis, the effect of the pandemic and rising prices to reach people in need is causing a seismic famine crisis.” $ 6.6 billion will help avoid the famine of 42 million people in 43 countries, it said.
Most of the money – 3.5 billion – will go to buy and transport food to areas where it is most needed. 2 billion will be for food and vouchers in places where there are shops. Another 700 million will be used to implement the program according to the specifics of individual countries, and 400 million – for its management.
Thus, the required 6.6 billion will provide one meal a day for 43 cents in 43 countries within a year. Among those most in need are Congo, Yemen, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, Pakistan and Haiti.
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The food program explains that in 2020 they managed to reach more than 115 million people in 84 countries, which is the largest number of people helped since 2012. Donor governments have helped.
World hunger continues to rise – the latest estimates of the UN program show that more than 282 million people in 80 countries are able to experience extreme levels of acute hunger.
This is an increase of about 110% compared to 2019, when the number of hungry people was 135 million in 58 countries. The reason for the increase is precisely in the combination of military conflicts, climate change and the economic collapse along the pandemic.
The plan to appeal to billionaires is only for the 42 million people who are thought to be in the greatest need and are about life-saving help.
So far, Musk, who has been selling shares in Tesla for a week, has not responded.
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