Informes

Niger - Operation Blessing has a team on the ground in Niamey, Niger, buying 40 tons of rice and millet for distribution in villages that, so far, have not had any outside aid or assistance. OBI's work will begin in…

Action Against Hunger (ACF) Begins Targeted Food Distributions as Conditions Deteriorate in Niger In response to the ongoing crisis in Niger, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) has begun distributing 3,000 tons of food to 153,000 people. Action…

A serious food shortage is affecting more than 3.6 million people in Niger. A double jeopardy of last year's vegetation-devouring locusts and devastating drought has virtually destroyed food production across much of this agricultural country. CRS estimates that as many…

By Rachel Bonham Carter NEW YORK, 3 August 2005 - The food crisis in Niger means that the number of children requiring medical treatment for malnutrition has more than doubled in a year. Admissions at therapeutic feeding centres continue to…

Indo, Salima's Mother - In Her Own Words: Her face distraught, her gaunt body sweating in the mid-day heat, Indo arrives at a UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding center in Maradi, southern Niger. Indo is carrying her 21-month old baby girl, Salima,…

On the front line of the war against hunger in Niger today 65 children were brought in to just one United Nations-supported therapeutic feeding centre during the morning hours alone. In the intensive care ward nine-month-olds weigh the same…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 3 August (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is asking donors for US $57.6 million to feed people threatened by famine in Niger, more than…

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme today tripled its emergency appeal for Niger's escalating food crisis, warning the international community that more food aid would be needed to save 2.5 million people from extreme hunger and malnutrition. Niger's…

By Finbarr O'Reilly YAMA, Niger, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Emergency operations to feed 2.5 million people in Niger reached some of their first beneficiaries on Wednesday, but there was only enough for some of the hundreds of women and children…

WER's Carlsbad, California International Headquarters announced today that the agency's immediate response to the devastating Niger famine in West Africa will focus on life-saving vitamin enriched meals that are specially formulated to be easily digested by those suffering from malnutrition. "Right…