World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

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The food crisis has been predicted for almost a year

The United Nations top aid official has accused the international community of neglecting the food crisis in Niger.
Some 150,000 children will die soon without aid, out of 2.5m who need food, said Jan Egeland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4698943.stm

this is extremely sad and serious.....i saw the report on BBC News, it was disturbing....they are Muslims aswell, kids dieing everyday because they have no food, this should not be happening in this day and age!!!!
i think we need to donate money asap...anybody know of charities who are working there?

wasalaam

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World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

Sajid Iqbal — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 - 13:11

salaam

[b]In pictures: Hunger hits Niger [/b]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4696149.stm

maybe we will all take it a bit more serious now, our brothers and sisters are dieing cos they have no food.....
are we just gonna sit here in our cushy lives...and do nothing?
wasalaam

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

muslim_kuri — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 - 13:22

your right we should be doing all that we can to help our brothers n sisters...their desperate state is a sign of our lack of brother/sisterhood in Islam...we should all be united as one ummah...the least we can do is donate money...id like to know of any good charities to?

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

MuslimSister — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 - 14:10

Salaam

I don't understand why the problem was allowed to get so severe before it was brought to our attention.

It must have taken Niger an extremly long time to get into such a terrible situation.

I don't know of any Muslim organisations/any organisation that has started collecting....

Wasalaam

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

MuslimSisLilSis — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 - 15:44

He said the $30m requested for both short - and long-term aid "was nothing".

"Europeans eat ice cream for $10bn a year and Americans spend $35bn on their pets each year."

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4698943.stm]BBC[/url]

I'm sure with the right publicity and more involvment by charities the expense can be met

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

St George — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 - 15:48

so wot r muslim countries doing to help?

have da filthy rich saudis done anything?

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 - 15:54

[quote="St George"]so wot r muslim countries doing to help?

have da filthy rich saudis done anything?[/quote]

nothing i think

i aint heard of one muslim charity yet that are collecting for Niger

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

Beast — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 - 15:58

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]

i aint heard of one muslim charity yet that are collecting for Niger[/quote]

[url=http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/Appeal/westafrica.asp]Islamic Relief[/url] are working in Niger.

World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

Beast — Tue, 2 Aug 2005 - 23:32

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4735563.stm][size=18]UK charities appeal for Niger aid[/size][/url]

UK aid [url=http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/Appeal/westafrica.asp]agencies[/u…] and celebrities have launched a television and radio appeal to raise millions of pounds for those [url=http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/072005niger/im:/050802/ids_ph… starvation[/url] in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger]Niger[/url].