Rapports

National Capacity-Building Represents an Important Strategy to Saving Children's Lives MARADI, NIGER/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 2 August 2005 - UNICEF Niger and the Ministry of Public Health of Niger are now conducting a second round of capacity-building training of national health workers in…

First came the drought, then the locusts, and now famine: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has reacted quickly, providing EUR 1,500,000 to be used by the World Food Programme and the German Red Cross. Besides…

NIGER is just one of about 15 African countries facing major food problems over the coming months. According to Tom Arnold, chief executive officer of Concern Worldwide, the lives and livelihoods of 30 million people are at risk. Every…

GOAL is one of the first NGOs to distribute food in the country which has been devastated by famine caused by drought and plagues of locusts. GOAL started operating in Niger on the 24th July, 2005 GOAL chartered two cargo planes…

-- On August 1 we carried out our first distribution in Diffa – this is the first of 19 food distribution sites in this region. In Maradi distributions began on 30 July and there will soon…

August 1, 2005, Baltimore, MD - Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding to the crisis in Niger, where more than 3.6 million people face severe food shortages, with a $2.7 million emergency relief program. This humanitarian crisis is the result of…

Emergency food aid reaches over 100,000 people in desperate need. We have expanded our emergency response in Niger's Tillabery region, and are distributing more emergency food supplies to families affected by the famine. More than one hundred thousand vulnerable people will…

Le Niger est actuellement frappé par une crise alimentaire qui frappe 3,3 millions de Nigériens parmi lesquels 800.000 enfants. 150.000 enfants montrent déjà des signes de malnutrition aiguë. Bruxelles, le 29.7.2005 - Le Niger est actuellement frappé par une crise…

En réponse à l'appel d'urgence lancé récemment par l'UNICEF pour venir en aide aux 30 000 enfants nigériens en état de malnutrition sévère, le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères a procédé, samedi 30 juillet, à l'envoi par avion de 35,4…