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31/01/2009
CRISIS: Niger Emergency Appeal
NIGER EMERGENCY APPEAL
A Map of Niger
- Severe food crisis due to the irregular rain & draught.
- 3.6 million need food aid immediately. (Save the Children UK)
- 1 in 6 children aged under five will die within a month.(Save the Children UK)
- 350,000 children face severe malnutrition. (Save the Children UK)
- 1 in every 5 children die before their 5th birthday. (Save the Children – UK)
- UWT team is already in Niger to help the needy with food aid.
- UWT has allocated £100,000 for the operation, but this is insufficient given the extent of the crisis.
- Zakat donations can be used towards this project.
UWT is therefore calling upon our valued donors to help us raise an additional £100,000 towards emergency food packs for destitute people of Niger. Recent reports indicate that if food does not reach NOW then many people will face death through starvation during the next 2 months. (Oxfam Report).
Read more on the Niger Crisis:Click Here
Every year, the UN ranks countries overall quality of life based on a series of factors such as access to clean water and health care. By the most recent one, Niger ranked second to last—176th of 177 countries; For every 1,000 babies born in Niger, 265 will die before they reach the age of five, compared to eight in the U.S. Only 17 percent of adults in Niger can read and less than one in five children is enrolled in school.
Many point to a drought and the worst infestation of locusts (which eat crops) for the 2005 famine that devastated the country. The situation was more complicated than that. The lack of rain and locusts were the immediate causes of the famine, but its roots lay in the chronic poverty of Niger. Approximately 2.5 million people in Niger, more than one-fifth of the population, were at risk of starving.
Many point to a drought and the worst infestation of locusts (which eat crops) for the 2005 famine that devastated the country. The situation was more complicated than that. The lack of rain and locusts were the immediate causes of the famine, but its roots lay in the chronic poverty of Niger. Approximately 2.5 million people in Niger, more than one-fifth of the population, were at risk of starving.
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