http://www.wfp.org/feeds/chad Country content en http://www.wfp.org/stories/bridge-built-wfp-food-enables-farmers-reach-fields-chad The roads in the Sahel region of Chad often become impassable during the rainy season, cutting off farmers from their fields during the planting season. Working with a local NGO, WFP supported a food-for-work project to construct a bridge, overcoming logistical challenges due to flooding.  Food For Assets Chad Local Africa Food for Assets Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:47:58 +0000 Loyse Tabin 426848 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/chad-unhas-plays-vital-role-saving-lives Imagine urgently needing medical attention without available commercial airlines, only tracks running in the desert. Imagine trying to deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance with roadways rendered impassable from flooding. Logistics Chad Local Africa Logistics Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:43:49 +0000 Loyse Tabin 399892 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/wfp-west-africa-nutrition-focus-increased-use-specialized-nutritious-foods nutrition photo gallery for west africa  Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Côte D'Ivoire Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone The Gambia Togo Local Nutrition Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:34:57 +0000 WFP 398386 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/sahel-food-insecurity-threatens-10-million-people-2013 Up to 10 million people across the Sahel region are at risk of food insecurity in 2013 and 1 million children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition, according to the United Nations. The U.N. regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, David Gressly, talks to AlertNet about preventing malnutrition, building resilience and other priorities for the region this year. He says getting the money for these activities is likely to be a challenge – without a drought being the rallying point for raising funds. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Sahel hunger in the news Africa Reuters/AlertNet Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:27:58 +0000 WFP 390037 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/sahel-malnourished-remain-above-one-million-2013 Despite good rains across much of the Sahel this year, 1.4 million children are expected to be malnourished - up from one million in 2012, according to the 2013 Sahel regional strategy. (..) But humanitarians worry of donor fatigue and many are concerned possible military intervention in Mali will distract donors from the chronic food insecurity and malnutrition crises in the region. (..) Alain Cordeil, head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Mauritania, voiced his fears. “If we only have political interest from donors for refugees, we will not solve the problems for this region…This could be very chaotic,” he told IRIN. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia hunger in the news Africa IRIN Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:26:01 +0000 WFP 367241 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/meeting-rome-un-officials-stress-link-between-food-security-and-peace-sahel Addressing a meeting at the FAO headquarters in Rome – attended by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Sahel, Romano Prodi, and other senior UN officials and mediators dealing directly with the Sahel crisis – FAO’s Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, noted that the relation between food insecurity, hunger and the dispute over natural resources and conflicts was particularly evident in the Sahel. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger The Gambia hunger in the news Africa UN News Centre Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:22:47 +0000 WFP 361583 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/building-resilience-key-restoring-sahel-food-security As this year's emergency winds down, the question on aid workers' minds is, "How can the Sahel break from its recurring cycle of food crises?" U.N. Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, David Gressly, said now is the time to end chronic food insecurity. Aid agencies say they are working to build the "resilience" of the most vulnerable communities, but more needs to be done. (..) Aid agencies also say that prevention is cheaper than treatment. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Senegal The Gambia hunger in the news Africa VOA News Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:49:07 +0000 WFP 350649 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-joins-fight-against-locusts-sahel As families in the Sahel struggle to recover from this year’s hunger crisis, tens of millions of locusts threaten to swarm across the region devouring the new harvest. To ensure that doesn’t happen, WFP has airlifted insecticide to Mali and Chad in a joint operation with its sister agency, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Preventing Hunger Chad Mali Africa Logistics Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:15:24 +0000 WFP 335746 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/west-africa-after-drought-floods-and-harvest-worries An active monsoon and above normal temperatures triggered heavy downpours and flash floods during this year’s rainy season across West Africa and the Sahel, killing hundreds of people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and devastating farms in some of the countries already hit by a severe drought and acute food shortages. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Malawi Mauritania The Gambia Sahel hunger in the news Africa IRIN Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:26:25 +0000 WFP 307478 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/despite-food-assistance-sahel-food-crisis-still-persists-%E2%80%93-un-agency The growing regularity of droughts across the Sahel region has left millions in need of emergency food assistance, the UN humanitarian food agency announced today, while also warning that malnutrition was still rampant in Senegal, Chad, Niger and Mauritania. A spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP), Elisabeth Byrs, told reporters in Geneva that the UN agency already assisted six million people in the Sahel during the month of July – but cautioned that humanitarian needs still remained “huge” ahead of the October harvest. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Sahel hunger in the news Africa UN News Centre Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:20:39 +0000 WFP 307476 at http://www.wfp.org