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Niger: Situation Report 12 Aug 2005

1. HIGHLIGHTS - General distributions by WFP NGO partners ABC Ecologie in Tillaberi, World Vision in Maradi and PDR/ADM in Tahoua began this week. - No more food procurements can be conducted to fill the pipeline shortages until new donations are…

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Situation Report
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WFP
Posted:
12 Aug 2005
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Niger

WFP airlifts more food into Niger as free food distribution begins

NIAMEY - With the unloading this week of the first in a series of 10 airlifts of emergency food aid to Niger, the United Nations World Food Programme has moved into the most critical phase of its emergency operation…

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News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
12 Aug 2005

Niger

CARE's long-term development project softens the blow of Niger's food crisis

MADAROUNFA , Niger (August 12, 2005) - List in hand, Brounga Habsatou, a CARE field agent in Niger's Maradi region, calls the women of Madarounfa for today's distribution. Each woman will receive a 50-kilogram sack of grain husks that…

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News and Press Release
Source:
CARE
Posted:
12 Aug 2005

Niger

Niger emergency response: A race against time

by Mark Snelling TAHOUA, Niger, July 30 (British Red Cross) - There is no phase of a large-scale humanitarian operation that could be said to be easy. One of the most demanding, however, is the meticulous planning required to…

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News and Press Release
Source:
IFRC
Posted:
12 Aug 2005

Niger

Food distribution begins in Niger

"It's a great start, I'm really excited," says Mija Ververs, a nutritionist from Red Cross headquarters in Geneva. Mija is overseeing the distribution in the small town of Bambeye in Tahoua province, about 550 km northeast of the capital…

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News and Press Release
Source:
British Red Cross
Posted:
12 Aug 2005

Niger

Cáritas Níger seguirá repartiendo alimentos hasta mediados de noviembre

Cáritas. Madrid, 12 de agosto de 2005.- En una conversación telefónica mantenida esta misma mañana con el obispo de Niamey, Mons. Michel Cartateguy, el prelado ha informado de que Cáritas Níger repartirá alimentos hasta mediados del próximo mes de noviembre. "Ante…

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News and Press Release
Source:
Caritas
Posted:
12 Aug 2005

Niger

More people facing famine in Niger

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Agricultural Development Minister Labo Moussa said on Thursday that a new food emergency was threatening 300,000 people in the country's southern region of Zinder, due to drought and delayed planting. However, the minister, on a…

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News and Press Release
Source:
PANAPress
Posted:
11 Aug 2005

Niger

Mercy Corps deploys team to aid Niger's food crisis

Pacific Northwest-based Niger expert to lead effort; leaves Portland on Friday Mercy Corps is sending two veteran aid workers to establish its operation responding to the current food crisis in Niger. Team leader Christy Collins, a Seattle resident, will depart from…

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News and Press Release
Source:
Mercy Corps
Posted:
11 Aug 2005

Niger + 1 more

Food crisis in West Africa: An additional Swiss specialist for Niger

The SDC is dispatching a logistician of its Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit. To date, the SDC has spent CHF 1.5 million on food aid for Niger and Mali. The situation in the affected areas is slowly improving. Long term…

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News and Press Release
Source:
Govt. Switzerland
Posted:
11 Aug 2005

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