GUIDAN IDER VILLAGE, NIGER, 27TH JULY 2010: Mother with twins at a feeding centre run by Christian Aid partner HEKS
GUIDAN IDER VILLAGE, NEAR KONNI, NIGER, 27TH JULY 2010: Feeding centre started in 2004 by Christian Aid partner HEKS in partnership with GADRA. Haoua Mahamadou, 30, tries to breast-feed her twins. Very poor rains in 2009 and late rains this season has led to severe food insecurity in many areas of Niger. Since last September food prices have risen by approximately 25%. Other factors affecting family's ability to feed themselves and their livestock include worsening wind and soil erosion, a staggering 3% population growth, increasing mortality rates and rising temperatures. Even if the rains now falling improve, the harvest itself is predicted to yield only 50% of what would be expected in a year of good rainfall. Photo by Mike Goldwater / Christian Aid
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