Photo 26 Mar 197 notes rightsandhumanity: Niger’s complicated hunger crisis The annual hunger season is beginning once again in the vast, arid strip of land just below the Sahara desert, and the medics at Ouallam - a small town an hour’s drive north of Niger’s capital Niamey - have seen a sudden leap in admissions in the past week and are bracing themselves for an exceptionally tough few months before October’s harvest. The United Nations’ World Food Programme expects that almost 400,000 children in Niger could find themselves so malnourished that they end up like those in Ouallam’s hospital. Nearly one in 10 are likely to die as a result.

rightsandhumanity:

Niger’s complicated hunger crisis

The annual hunger season is beginning once again in the vast, arid strip of land just below the Sahara desert, and the medics at Ouallam - a small town an hour’s drive north of Niger’s capital Niamey - have seen a sudden leap in admissions in the past week and are bracing themselves for an exceptionally tough few months before October’s harvest.

The United Nations’ World Food Programme expects that almost 400,000 children in Niger could find themselves so malnourished that they end up like those in Ouallam’s hospital. Nearly one in 10 are likely to die as a result.

via Rights and Humanity.
  1. inthenewsindia reblogged this from crookedindifference
  2. corazon-bleu reblogged this from rightsandhumanity
  3. book20 reblogged this from crookedindifference
  4. cuasa reblogged this from newsflick
  5. abjv reblogged this from crookedindifference
  6. whydontyouwritemedarling reblogged this from crookedindifference
  7. habitualspontaneity reblogged this from almuntadatrust
  8. aluminaughty reblogged this from anarcho-queer
  9. blog-o-modzie reblogged this from crookedindifference
  10. wearesynchronizednowandforever reblogged this from crookedindifference
  11. gracefree reblogged this from anarcho-queer
  12. stabdelraheem reblogged this from crookedindifference and added:
    The annual hunger season is beginning once again in the vast, arid strip of land just below the Sahara desert, and the...
  13. letthedaisiesgrow reblogged this from crookedindifference
  14. banksandchecking reblogged this from crookedindifference
  15. bankandloans reblogged this from crookedindifference
  16. bonedust reblogged this from crookedindifference
  17. kylegreggy reblogged this from sunfoundation
  18. geotica reblogged this from crookedindifference
  19. theoneandonlyjarrett reblogged this from crookedindifference
  20. mylittlemexicanarabopinion reblogged this from crookedindifference
  21. basedpantoja22 reblogged this from anarcho-queer and added:
    this is more important then “Kony”
  22. 00br3 reblogged this from sunfoundation
  23. nothingworthknowingcanbetaught reblogged this from consumo-dunque-sono
  24. melindavee reblogged this from newsflick
  25. sunfoundation reblogged this from crookedindifference
  26. consumo-dunque-sono reblogged this from ferum
  27. ferum reblogged this from crookedindifference
  28. the-happy-hippy reblogged this from crookedindifference and added:
    And here we are, worrying about getting too fat.
  29. sariemcstrickland reblogged this from thescienceofreality and added:
    i’ve been seeing images of children starving in Africa MY WHOLE LIFE. It has to STOP for goodness sake.
  30. noelihebuzor reblogged this from rightsandhumanity
  31. calloutgouranga reblogged this from sociopoliticaldribble
  32. kindofdreamy reblogged this from anarcho-queer
  33. beautyoftheheartandsoul reblogged this from rightsandhumanity
  34. justacommonview reblogged this from crookedindifference

Design crafted by Prashanth Kamalakanthan. Powered by Tumblr.