Update from the Sahel: The food crisis is worsening. We’re expanding relief in Niger and assessing needs in Mali. Read more.
Photo by Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
Twelve-year-old Lauretta was forced to drop out of school to watch her younger brother while her mother forages for food to feed the family. Lauretta wants to become a school teacher. “I miss school very much,” she said. “I want to go and learn so I can help my mom in the future more.”
Read more about how the escalating food crisis in Niger is impacting children like Lauretta.
Our own Cassandra Nelson talked to CNN about what she’s seeing on the ground in Niger. Years of unpredictable rains, intense poverty and a poor harvest in 2011 have left 5.5 million people (over a third of the country’s population) facing significant food shortages.
Learn more about how Mercy Corps is responding, and what you can do to help.
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Women farmers could increase crop yields by up to 30% if they were given equal access to resources.
Visualizing the World's Food Consumption
Alarming perspective.
