Reports

In response to a food crisis in Niger and a call by the Jewish community to assist, American Jewish World Service is working to identify local grassroots organizations that can help feed people facing starvation, and to ensure that…

As a severe food crisis strikes Niger and hunger looms in neighbouring Mali and Mauritania, we take a look at what lies behind such food shortages and how hungry people are helped. This Q&A first appeared on the BBC News…

WFP Operational Update - WFP is currently in the process of airlifting from Abidjan to Niamey 186 metric tons of corn soya blend (CSB - a highly nutritious fortified blend, mainly intended for young children and pregnant and lactating…

Anticipating a state of severe malnutrition and the appeal of the international community, the SDC has allocated over one million Swiss francs since last spring to provide emergency food aid to Niger. In addition to its development cooperation programmes…

Key questions about the emergency in Niger and the surrounding region. What is CAFOD doing to help the food crisis in Niger? CAFOD has given a total to date of £200,000 to Caritas partners helping those at risk of severe hunger…

Cáritas. Madrid, 4 de agosto de 2005.- Carluccio Gianini, técnico de Cáritas Española desplazado a Níger, para evaluar la situación de la crisis alimentaria junto a los técnicos de Cáritas Níger, dice que el pico de la crisis alimentaria…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Revised Flash Appeal aims to address the needs of an estimated 32,000 severely malnourished children, 160,000 moderately malnourished children, and 2.5 million of the most vulnerable people who will be provided with food aid,…

Second Round of US-Funded Airlifts Will Deliver 206 Tons to At-Risk Children Washington, D.C. - As part of ongoing assistance for undernourished people in Niger, the US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), announced today it will charter…

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…

United Nations agencies today more than doubled their emergency appeals for Niger's escalating food crisis to nearly $75 million, warning the international community that more aid would be needed to save 3.5 million people from extreme hunger and malnutrition. "With…