Case Study 18: Aid in Mali and Niger
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- Case Study 18: Aid in Mali and Niger
- TYPES OF AID
- Emergency Aid
- Short-term designed for immediate problems of dehydration
- Development Aid
- Long-term aid supporting countries development (education, improvements, farming)
- Emergency Aid
- NEED FOR AID
- Mali and Niger are located in Sahel (south of Sahara desert)
- Sahel suffers from desertification caused by climate change, deforestation and grazing
- Pastoral farmers depend on grass to feed animals
- Farmers are poor and cannot afford child's education
- Area suffers from extreme droughts
- Major drought in 2004 occurred with plague of locus
- FLOWS OF AID
- EMERGENCY: In 2005 £3m was given by UK government to World Food Programme to relieve hunger
- In 2006, £2m was given by UK government to support people's diets in Niger
- In 2005, UNICEF sent $270k to treat 14k children in Niger with extra $1.03m need for extra treatment
- In 2005, UNICEF sent $270k to treat 14k children in Niger with extra $1.03m need for extra treatment
- In 2006, £2m was given by UK government to support people's diets in Niger
- DEVELOPMENT: Btwn 2006-09 the UK government spent £500k each year in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso to improve diets
- Oxfam provided aid for Niger and Mali to support school children of pastorial farmers
- This proved successfull in 2004 with 4k pupils enrolled; 45% girls
- Oxfam provided aid for Niger and Mali to support school children of pastorial farmers
- EMERGENCY: In 2005 £3m was given by UK government to World Food Programme to relieve hunger
- TYPES OF AID
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