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Blog entry Eating Leaves And Toxic Berries in the Sahel
If you can, try to imagine serving your family wild leaves and toxic berries in the face of hunger and drought, a reality faced by this family from Niger in the video below.
Millions of people are trying to find their next meal in the Sahel region of Africa where recurring droughts, food prices and conflict have created a deepening hunger crisis.
To find out more, watch the video or go to:
- Sahel Crisis Hub
- Interactive Hunger Map of Sahel
- Double Your Impact in Sahel
Freerice is maintained by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. To find out more go to WFP.org
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omg that is sooooooo sad it makes me want to cry :'-( luckily there's free rice to help the sahel
that is very sad...so glad that freerice are helping them.
its a good thing freerice can help them
:( Thats terrible! Makes me want to rice more
Awwwww. This is so sad.^