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February 19, 2005

Food aid update

Steve reports that food aid via the World Food Programme is beginning to arrive in the area around Gorom-Gorom:

"I spent the day yesterday with Victor... visiting schools in the bush which are benefitting from this aid. Overall it was an encouraging experience; I saw hundreds of children who are now being fed one meal a day in the WFP canteen project - and for some of them this is the only meal they get. The aid is not sufficient but it is significant. Photos etc to follow, when I get back to Djibo. Thanks again to all who contributed."

This is following the loss of the harvest due to an invasion of locusts.

Posted by Keith at February 19, 2005 08:30 AM