Category Archives: Disaster Relief

Food for work: Covering immediate and future needs in parched Niger

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Amadou Baraze in Disaster Relief

As the drought and food crisis escalate across West Africa, how is World Vision responding both to urgent, immediate needs, as well as long-term recovery challenges? Here’s a closer look at what’s going on in villages across Niger....

Mauritania: Making the Triangle of Poverty a Triangle of Hope

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Jonathan Bundu in Disaster Relief

Traveling across West Africa, World Vision communications manager Jonathan Bundu is collecting stories of women and children impacted by the current drought and food crisis. Below are reflections from his time in Mauritania, in a region called the Triangle of Poverty. * * *...

PHOTOS: Food crisis forces families into makeshift camps in Niger

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Adel Sarkozi in Disaster Relief

Food crisis forces families into makeshift camps in Niger | World Vision Blog

As the drought and food crisis continue to worsen across Niger and West Africa, many families are fleeing from villages to larger cities to find work so that they can afford food. When they arrive, their only accommodations are makeshift camps. World Vision’s Adel Sarkozi captured images from one such camp in Niamey, the capital city of Niger, where children are exposed to unsanitary conditions and disease. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Make a one-time donation to help provide life-saving food and care to places like Niger, where children and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Your...

Warnings of “a community with no food at all”

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Adel Sarkozi in Disaster Relief

The West Africa food crisis continues to intensify as drought tightens its grip on places like Mali. Could entire communities really be left without any food if action isn’t taken? The story of Zama and his family suggests that, indeed, they could....

Japan quake, one year later: Quiet persistence amid long recovery

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Hideaki Nakagawa in Disaster Relief

On March 11, 2011, the day of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, Hideaki Nakagawa was being interviewed for a role at World Vision. Now an employee, he was a team leader for the meal preparation spaces established at evacuation centers for the disaster’s survivors. Here, he shares his thoughts and memories regarding the emergency response efforts of one year ago. * * * What I experienced on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, and in the days that followed, vividly come to mind as I write this — images of young students crying, while clinging to each other on the shaking patio of the World Vision office in downtown Tokyo; scenes of television news footage that showed...