Rapports

People in savings and loans groups set up by CARE International are better off than most others 10 August 2005, MARADI, Niger - Women's savings groups are shielding whole communities from the full onslaught of the food crisis in Niger,…

FEWS NET: August 10, 2005, Washington D.C. - On August 9, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) weekly African weather hazards assessment teleconference assessed current rainfall, and crop and pasture conditions across the Sahel, with a particular…

DFID is reviewing the revised Flash Appeal just issued by the UN. In the meantime, we have pledged up to US$250,000 of additional support to strengthen the coordination work in Niger of the UN Office of the Coordinator of…

With funding finally coming in for Niger's hungry millions after initial appeals fell on deaf ears, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today reported the start of large scale distributions that will feed 2.5 million people in the…

1. HIGHLIGHTS - The first round of general distrib utions have commenced with NGO partners and new distributions activities will continue in the coming days. - No partner has yet been confirmed for general distributions in areas of Agadez region. - The…

(New York, 9 August): With $26 million -- out of the $81 million required -- now committed to the revised Flash Appeal for Niger, the United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners operating in Niger continue to step up their activities…

GENEVA, Aug 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Food Program (WFP) announced Tuesday that it had finalized its food distribution plan for 2. 5 million people in Niger and began to pipe the first free food on…

The Netherlands has taken the lead in proposing a research project to tackle systematically the recurrent plagues of locusts in the Sahel region of Africa. The new project was agreed by the United States, France, the Netherlands, the World Bank…

MAA in association with it's implementing partner IET arranges for 30 tones of food aid to Niger. A protein rich grain, Millet is to be transported to the towns of Maradi and Taoua for distribution in relief centres and…

An AmeriCares emergency response team is in Niger, where a devastating food crisis is affecting millions of people. The food crisis in Niger is at a critical point with 2.5 million people facing starvation and another 3.5 million dealing with…