#Sahelnow ! — Voices of Youth

533204_10150757392324002_68793499001_11126935_987256423_n

#Sahelnow !

It only rains once a year in the Sahel. This time of year is known as the “lean season,” when food is even more scarce than usual. A drought has sucked the land dry, and food prices are rapidly becoming too expensive for most families to afford. Most importantly, this drought has left one million children aged below five in danger of severe malnutrition in the Sahel Region of Africa. There is little time left to stave off this looming crisis. Without UNICEF and its network's support, and if we don’t spread the message quickly, thousands of children could die.

Mia Farrow on visiting the crisis-afflicted Sahel region

Uni122006_600x400-300x200

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and internationally acclaimed actress Mia Farrow recently visited a...

Deadly famine in Sahel: ECOWAS and African Union, please take note

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for...

Starvation: Human Rights

I went to Africa, last year for Christmas and I went to the Maasai Tribe and saw over 40 little...

#SahelNOW! 8 Things I Have Learned on Twitter

Can Twitter save the Sahel region from disaster? Of course not. But Twitter can raise awareness...

UNICEF is raising funds to provide life-saving assistance to over 1 million at-risk children in the Sahel

NEW YORK, USA, 2 April 2012 – As the hunger season begins in the Sahel region of Africa, UNICEF...