Donations Needed as ERDO Responds to crisis in NigerERDO is responding to widespread famine in West Africa's Sahel region. Donations to be matched 4:1 .
ERDO has already committed $150,000 in funds to provide food aid through our trusted Canadian Foodgrains Bank partners working in Niger. We are in talks to formulate a larger response which will assist other countries in the Sahel. Please click the link below to make a donation and support our food relief work in Niger and other countries in the Sahel region.
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The Sahel region crosses through eight-countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal) in West Africa and forms a barrier between the Sahara desert and the rest of Africa. Across the Sahel crops have failed and food is scarce, leaving 15 million people -- including at least 1 million children below the age of five -- at risk of malnutrition. Recent conflict in Mali, which has displaced more than 200,000 people, has increased the demand for emergency assistance, according to UNICEF. Action is urgently needed to prevent widespread famine as was seen in the Horn of Africa last year when millions died from hunger and malnutrition.
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