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May 19, 2005

Food aid update

Met with the WFP in Ouaga today to go over the figures for the schools feeding project. The money you gave was sufficient to cover the cost of all the grain for the primary schools in Soum and Oudalan, the two poorest provinces in Burkina. It amounted to 56 tonnes of millet. Thank you.

We have 4.5 million CFA (over £4,000) left over, and have decided to use this on a project to help families in Soum who can not afford to buy seeds for when the rains start next month. The plan is to distribute some 24 tonnes of millet seed in and around Djibo. Am meeting with WFP and Red Cross directors on Monday to work out details of this.

We are not out of the woods yet. During rainy season there is still a need for food aid in the north of Burkina Faso. I am starting to hear the first reports now of people dying as a direct result of malnutrition. If you would like to give food to some of those in greatest danger see this appeal from Keith at 'Under the Acacias'.

Posted by sahelsteve at May 19, 2005 05:51 PM