Act Now to Prevent Famine on Your Watch - Aid Agencies Warn Millions of Lives at Risk in West Africa Due to Lack of Funds
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
BOSTON, Feb. 22 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release:
Aid agencies today warned that millions of lives are at risk unless there is a substantial increase in funds to help over seven million people facing hunger in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
The warning from Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council comes as the UN, governments and donors meet in Oslo, Norway to pledge funds to tackle the crisis that wracks an area known as the Lake Chad Basin. Th . . .
Aid agencies today warned that millions of lives are at risk unless there is a substantial increase in funds to help over seven million people facing hunger in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
The warning from Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council comes as the UN, governments and donors meet in Oslo, Norway to pledge funds to tackle the crisis that wracks an area known as the Lake Chad Basin. Th . . .