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the poorest country in the world -- have thrived in the desert
for over a thousand years but today live a marginal existence.
These unique cultures are threatened by drought and climate
change. The nomads’ fertile pastureland has been taken for farming; they are forced to live in the ever more arid desert regions. In a region where little aid is available,
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara (RAIN) is a consistent presence.
Our staff is all local people, our programs are the result
of community brainstorming sessions – we are revitalizing communities assailed by poverty. They are ready to attain new skills, improve their lives. We all have much to learn, much to share – please join us.
is to work with nomadic peoples of West Africa to improve their lives through education, water security, agriculture, and income-producing activities. These locally rooted programs promote literacy and empowerment while sustaining nomadic traditions throughout the Sahel and Sahara.
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•ACTION ALERT•
HUNGER CRISIS IN NIGER
Poor rainfall and sharp increases in the cost of food are causing a food crisis in West Africa, with Niger the hardest hit country, according to the Red Cross, Oxfam and the UN World Food Program. In Niger there are 8 million people at risk of severe malnutrition or death. The crisis is also affecting education - as nomadic parents are taking their children from boarding schools, which are unable to provide meals. These families travel great distances in search of sustenance; often meeting with failure.
Please help us do our part to avert this unfolding humanitarian crisis!
Donations to RAIN will go directly to our Emergency Food Crisis Fund, feeding school children and families who are most in need.
Great News! RAIN has been awarded $21,000 from the Zakat Foundation towards Emergency Food Aid in Niger! These funds will go a long way to aid families, their children and livestock. |
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(RAIN) is very well respected and has
developed methods and programs that are sustainable, involve
the communities wholly, have clearly generated behavior change
and, often, a change in the standard of living.
--2006 USAID Monitoring Report
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