Millions of people in West Africa face a severe food crisis
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Erratic rains, poor harvests, lack of pasture and increased food prices could see millions go hungry if we don’t act now. One million children are at risk of acute malnutrition.
West Africa last experienced a major food crisis in 2010, in which ten million people were affected. They've barely recovered and they are vulnerable. Once again they face serious food shortages and insecurity. People are so hungry that they have been forced to dig up anthills to recover grains that ants have stored.
Just $36 can help prepare people in West Africa for the coming crisis.
Early warning systems show that families in Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and The Gambia need your help. The crisis is escalating.
Waiting is not an option. We must act now.
You can help us respond by donating today.
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Images from West Africa
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Latest blogs
A struggle for life
October 4, 2012
Kim Vinnell threw in the Auckland lifestyle to experience life in Africa - receiving an early insight into the poverty and tensions besetting one corner of the continent.
A Kiwi reports: video diaries from West Africa
October 2, 2012
Kim Vinnell, a freelance New Zealand journalist, has been sending Oxfam video dispatches from her time in Niger and Mali.
Kim reports on the impact our emergency response is having in West Africa, where millions of people are at risk of a severe food crisis.
Day two: Living Below the Line
September 27, 2012
Lynda Brendish contemplates a week of living on $2.25 of food a day to understand living below the extreme poverty line.
