Assignments: Niger (World Food Programme) (25 images)

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Created: 21 Nov 2011     
Images shot for the World Food Programme in Niger covering the Famine of 2012 and food insecurity.
  • Security and administration in a WFP run therapeutic feeding centre near Maradai.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • A farmer surveys his land in the Tahoua region near Maradi.<br /> The rainy season came and went and failed.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • A young child being weighed in a malnutrition centre near Maradai.International organisations such as MSF, the WFP and Epicentre are paramount in the well being of remote communities in Niger.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young children at a World Food Programme run schoool feeding centre some 150 kms from Maradai.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young children at a remote school near Agadez.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Mothers and children waiting to have their children assessed and weighed at a theraputic feeding center near Maradai.These prgrammes are essential to see if children are sustaning an adequate weight and not falling victim to malnutrition.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young mother and child in a therapeutic feeding centre outside of Maradai.The World Food Programme and partners provide communities access to food, water and many other essential tools in the struggle for survival.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Parched Earth in Tahoua province.Unusually low rainfall in the 2011 rainy season has seen river beds,lakes and even resevoirs wiped of the map through-out the country.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Assistance being provided at a therapeutic feeeding centre near Bouza.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • A young child down by a dried river bed in Tahoua Region. Poor rains have seen many river beds and lakes completely disappear off the map.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Stacks of millet in a remote community near Bouza.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young girls eating a midday meal at at World Food Programme school feeding centre near Bouza.Food and food security are the number issues facing most aid and humanitarian relief agencies.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young mother and children in a malnourished child feeding centre near Maradai.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Village educator in his Sunday bests near Maradai.There are many locally run nongovernmental organisations who provide villages with teachers and supervisors in order to educate the villages younger residences.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • A child sleeps a little easier thanks to the many organisations that provide access to food, health and education across many a remote community in Niger.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • The hands of a working man on one of the man successful World food Programme run cash for work programmes near the remote community of Bouza.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Remote children's school near Agadez.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • A young child being measured for signs of malnutrition in World Food Programme run theraputic feeding center near Maradai.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Waiting in line for assistance in another remote therapeutic and malnutrition centre near Bouza.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Dry earth near Agadez.Lower than expected rainfall in the 2011 rainy season has seen a dramatic drop in crop yields throughout the country. A crisis looms.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Young children in a remote desert school near Agadez.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • The World Food Programme provides cash for work programmes in remote communities across Niger. These initiatives help people earn money for working while teaching them vital horticultural skills in order to maintain a sustainable existence.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought

  • Administration, at one of the many World Food Programme run therapeutic feeding centres near Maradai.<br /> <br /> http://www.wfp.org/countries/Niger/Media/Niger-Families-Face-Drought