The WFP is urgently appealing for an initial $50 million to provide emergency food assistance ROME, June 30. /TASS/. About 500,000 people in Venezuela are in need of emergency food assistance following the recent powerful earthquake, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said. The organization is rapidly scaling up its operations in Venezuela and expanding food assistance to reach up to 500,000 people in the areas hardest hit by last week’s earthquakes. The response is being facilitated