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FIND A CHARITY: Aid groups respond to Niger food crisis
28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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LONDON (AlertNet) - Following is a list of non-governmental organisations responding to humanitarian needs in Niger.

While every effort has been made to provide as comprehensive a list as possible based on the latest information, it may not be complete.

AlertNet member NGOs involved in relief work in the region that are not included are urged to write to us at alertnet@reuters.com and publish information directly on the NGO latest.

For contact details of AlertNet members please click on the links to the right. You can also search for relief organisations using our NGO Directory in the left-hand navigation bar.

Action against Hunger
At the end of July 2005, ACF will begin providing food for about 20,000 families, and treating malnutrition in 27,000 children under five years old. ACF is working in the Dakoro, Keita, Mayayi and Tahoua regions.

Action by Churches Together (ACT) – Switzerland
ACT members Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS) and Lutheran World Relief (LWR) have been working in Niger for many years. HEKS, through its partners in Tahoua, plans to provide millet, seed, milk powder and animal fodder, as well as training and capacity building.

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International
ADRA has sent a team to Niger to assess the situation and contact other NGOs, potential donors and other organisations for partnership opportunities until August 19.

Africare - USA
Africare was established 35 years ago in response to the 1970 Sahelian drought in Niger and has maintained ongoing operations in Niger. Africare is currently distributing wheat, seeds, manure and small farming equipment through its office in Agadez.

Agence des Musulmans d’Afrique
The Agence des Musulmans d’Afrique plans to work with World Food Programme in distributing emergency food aid.

British Red Cross Society – UK
A small team is coordinating the distribution of Red Cross relief items including food, seeds, cooking utensils and medical equipment.

CARE International
CARE is delivering food and seeds to thousands of families in Niger. Since October 2004 CARE has distributed about 51,000 tonnes of cereal.

Caritas International/Niger
In March 2005, Caritas Niger appealed to the Caritas Confederation for $800,000 in food aid. Caritas Niger is providing food aid, running food-for-work schemes, building up cereal banks and supplying farmers with seeds and cattle feed. It works in the regions of Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabery/Niamey and Zinder.

Catholic Relief Service
In collaboration with the World Food Programme, CRS is distributing emergency food and seeds, and running food-for-work schemes. It works in the Tanout, Dogondoutchi, Tillaberi, Ouallam and Dogondoutchi districts. CRS is also facilitating longer-term programs for agriculture/health in the Zinder region, education in Maradi, and micro-finance programs for women in 100 village banks.

Christian Aid – UK
Christian Aid is working in Niger through its partner Action by Churches Together (ACT), a network of church-based aid agencies. Christian Aid has donated an initial $50,000 to ACT.

Concern Worldwide – USA
Concern has been working in Niger since 2002. It has launched a $1.8 million emergency programme distributing food, seeds, medicines and blankets. Concern is operating a feeding program for 6,000 malnourished children, and distributing food to an additional 6,000 families.

Croix-Rouge Française and Croix-Rouge du Niger
The Croix-Rouge Française and Croix-Rouge du Niger have been working in Niger for six years. They work mainly in the Niamey area, running programmes for street children, HIV/AIDS programmes, and working to improve hygiene in schools.

GOAL
GOAL is running a supplementary feeding programme in Zinder, supplying high energy foods to more than 5,000 children under five years old. It is also working with the World Food Programme to supply general food aid to 200,000 people.

humedica e.V. – Germany
humedica has sent an emergency medical team to Niger. Together with its partners Helfende Hände (Helping Hands, Sulz am Neckar) and HIS (HOSANNA Institut du Sahel, Niamey), humedica is distributing medical supplies and food mainly to malnourished babies in the region round the town of Ouallam.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC)
The IFRC is expanding its emergency operation to help 530,000 people in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania with food, seed and fodder distribution, mobile feeding centres and community-based awareness programmes. The operation aims to help people stay in their villages, where coping mechanisms are strongest, so they do not become reliant on external assistance.

Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief aims to supply 200,000 people with emergency food aid and dig borehole wells. IR also plans to work with the World Food Programme and UNICEF to provide emergency food relief. IR works in the Tilaberi, Tahoua and Wallam districts.

Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief is providing supplemental food rations in Maradi, Tillaberi and Tahoua through its local partners. Its response will also include distributing 10 tonnes of seed stock, repairing five existing grain banks and constructing 30 new banks. LWR is one of two implementing agencies on the ground for Action by Churches Together International (ACT), but is also accepting donations separately.

Malteser International (Germany)
Malteser International is distributing food aid in the Tillabery region, and helping to build up cereal banks. MI also works with Oeuvres Hospitalieres de l'Ordre de Malta which supplies health centres in eleven villages with pharmaceuticals.

Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) International - USA
MAP International is sending medicines, nutritional supplements and medical supplies to help an estimated 120,000 people in Niger’s Maradi region and the capital Niamey. The supplies will be distributed by World Vision.

Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF is treating children with severe malnutrition in the provinces of Maradi, Dakoro, Kieta and Tahoua. In 2004, MSF treated 10,000 children and it expects to treat 20,000 in 2005. This is one of MSF’s largest malnutrition-treatment programmes in the organisation’s history.

Mercy Corps (USA)
Mercy Corps is sending two aid workers to establish its operation in Niger. The team will assess the situation, identify a local partner, start disbursing emergency aid to populations in need, and develop a longer-term plan for the response.

Operation USA
Operation USA is sending emergency medical supplies, nutrition supplements, water purification supplies and shelter materials. Operation USA is partnering with Islamic Relief’s USA chapter.

Oxfam International
Oxfam is working in the Tahoua, Maradi and Tillaberi regions. It aims to reach 130,000 people with food-for-work schemes. Oxfam is also helping 28,000 by buying their weak cattle at higher than market-rate prices.

Plan UK
Plan has been working in Niger since 1996. Plan works with national and local governments, the World Food Programme and local women’s groups, schools and village committees to improve food security in the Tillabery area. Plan is currently supplying relief nutrition to 7,000 children and training on health and hygiene.

Save the Children – UK
Save the Children is giving nutritional assistance to an estimated 15,000 children under five years old in the Maradi and Zinder regions, which are facing the most acute food shortages. The agency is also helping to immunise children against measles and tetanus.

Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) - France
TSF has set up a telecommunications centre at Dakaro (Maradi) for NGOs in the 17,000 km² region to use. TSF has also installed satellite telephone lines in key areas to help improve food and health care distribution. TSF aims to extend the programme to reach a larger number of people.

United Nations Development Programme
UNDP has been working in Niger since 1972 on long-term development programmes.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
FAO launched an appeal for Niger in May 2005 asking for around $4 million for emergency agricultural interventions, including seeds and animal fodder. FAO says the immediate delivery of additional seeds in affected areas is essential to ensure sufficient harvesting in October 2005.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR’s regional representation in Benin will continue to support an estimated 14,600 refugees in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo. UNHCR will provide assistance to approximately 10,300 refugees living in the four countries and unable to return home to Rwanda, parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Republic of Congo.

UNICEF Niger
UNICEF Niger’s work includes promoting girls’ education and women’s literacy, raising awareness of birth registration, discouraging early marriage and promoting nutrition. UNICEF also carries out polio immunisation campaigns, malaria control and HIV/AIDS activities.

World Food Programme
WFP is coordinating the international food relief operation in Niger. In July 2005 it was feeding more than a million people. It is also giving free food to mothers accompanying their children to MSF feeding centres for malnourished children. Other vulnerable households are receiving free food supplies through targeted food distributions already established by the government of Niger and NGOs. WFP’s initial response was severely hampered by late funding and difficulties buying food within the region. Supplies are now being sourced at ports in West Africa and on other international markets.

World Health Organisation
WHO works with the government in many areas of health including, controlling outbreaks of diseases and running immunization programmes.

World Vision
World Vision has been working in Niger for almost a decade. World Vision is working with the World Food Programme to distribute food in the Maradi and Zinder regions, run food-for-work schemes and stock cereal banks. In Tillabery it is running a micro-credit scheme and water and sanitation programmes.




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