Tag Archives: Niger
Moussa’s story
When they brought Moussa over and laid him in my arms, my heart stopped for a minute. He was barely breathing and was so frail, I was afraid he might die as I held him. Though he was more than two months old, his arms and legs were tiny and frail and his breathing was […]
Posted in Emergency Response, Foreign Travel, On the Road, Photos & Videos
Also tagged Burkina Faso, children, disaster preparedness, Emergency response, Fastathon, Fastathon 2012, Food Crisis, foreign assistance, hunger crisis, Mali, Mauritania, Sahel, save the children, UNICEF
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Are Kids of the World Doing Better? Not When it Comes to Hunger
This week, we released our Child Development Index and the bottom line is: kids deserve a lot better. The Index ranks the best and worst places in the world to be a child based on education, health, and nutrition statistics. While there is some good news in terms of education and child survival rates—33% […]
Posted in Health, Nutrition
Also tagged Child Development Index, children, Feed the Future, Mali, Malnutrition, Sahel, save the children, USAID
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