Finally the world is opening its eyes at the famine in Niger… it is already five past twelve! This should really have happened before, since this disaster did not come overnight.
Effad Oumouhlouk, the president of ENMIGRAW, could buy some sacks of millet and rice through his contacts to the mining society of Arlit. We are distributing this foodstuff by cups to the families of most urgent need to help them to tide over the hardest crisis up to October. In spite of all efforts we cannot reach all the nomads of Talak. But we are lucky enough to buy some kilos of millet thanks to Effad’s good connections.
Food prices have increased up to more than the double in the last weeks. While before the sale of three sheep brought a nomad family enough money to buy food for a month, they get only part of it these days.
In all our activities we give priority to the fight against starvation and so we transferred all the money donated to Niger by mid of July.
On this occasion we would like to thank cordially everybody who has supported ENMIGRAW and our Tuareg families so far, in particular also for the confidence you set in us!
But now I’ll like to report about the other projects which have advanced to our satisfaction. The well gives enough clean drinking water for the nomadic population and also for the cattle. In the acute situation the garden is more important than ever. At the moment we are trying to find other organizations to support the project.
ENMIGRAW is planning the construction of a bigger millet storehouse so that we can buy and store 10-15 tons of millet in October. Like everybody else we hope that enough rain will fall and that the grasshoppers’ trouble will not reach us. We’ll need 2000 self produced bricks of banco (clay) for the construction of the storehouse of 4 x 4 m2 size. The whole building will cost CHF 1923.- inclusive the roof, the door and the windows.
Many women of the Talak region have showed great interest in the women's project "Tellit". Therefore we have raised additional funds of CHF 500.- for the microcredit to help them to improve their living conditions by selling their handicrafts. The principle of help to help oneself again! Thanks to the microcredit raise of CHF 500.- we’ll be able to stock up the storehouse with bundles of dried dumpalm leaves and if we have the possibility we’ll construct another storehouse for this welcomed project. Then the women have enough space to store their materials, baskets, mats and bags until sale.
Sunny hearts till next time and please don’t hesitate to check our website once in a while. You’ll always find the latest news here!
Anita and Mouhamed
Anita and Mouhamed