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Caritas launches appeal for Sahel (West Africa) food crisis Comments 0

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has launched a Special Appeal and pledged NZ$50,000 towards averting severe hunger and deaths in the Sahel region of West Africa. ‘An estimated 13 million people are in grave danger,’ says Caritas Director Julianne Hickey. ‘This has been brought on by severe drought, poor harvests, and rising food prices – made Read more

• Call for urgent action in Sahel to prevent humanitarian emergency
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Tags: African famine, Caritas, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, Drought, Drought Relief, famine, Julianne Hickey, Sahel, Sub Saharan Africa
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