West Africa Appeal
Thirty hours away by plane, in the Sahel region of West Africa, 18.7 million people (almost the population of Australia) will go to sleep hungry tonight.
Late and erratic rains, soaring food prices, pest attacks on crops, the ongoing conflict in northern Mali, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Mali, Libya and the Ivory Coast have left families with little or nothing to eat.
Right now, more than one million children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition. Millions of men and women are on the brink of starvation as they wait out the hungry season and hope for a life-saving harvest this October.
Help us respond to the crisis. Action now will save lives.
Donate to CARE's West Africa Appeal
$46 can provide a family with a garden toolkit to grow their own food
$120 can provide ten emergency hygiene kits to keep families safe
$225 can provide five families with food for a week
Please donate to CARE's West Africa Appeal
How is CARE helping?
CARE has worked in Chad, Mali and Niger for almost 40 years. CARE’s West Africa Food Crisis Appeal is funding an emergency response including:
● delivery of food aid
● feeding programs for severely malnourished children
● casual work programs
● repairing broken water bores and wells.
CARE is also responding with long-term development solutions that include distributing seeds and helping families establish vegetable gardens.
Read more about CARE's response to the food crisis in West Africa.
Where is the food crisis?
The West Africa region of the Sahel, just south of the Sahara, is among the poorest and most underdeveloped in the world. More than half the population lives on less than US $1.25 a day. The region experiences low levels of seasonal rainfall and every year around 300,000 children under five years of age die from malnutrition. The countries worst affected by the food crisis are Niger, Chad and Mali.
Donate to CARE's West Africa Appeal
From the blog
Chad: Facing a food crisis
Niger: Hunger comes knocking