GUIDAN IDER VILLAGE, NEAR KONNI, NIGER, Basira Gada, 17, cradles her 3 month old daughter Bourja, who weighs just kilos.
GUIDAN IDER VILLAGE, NEAR KONNI, NIGER, 27TH JULY 2010: Feeding centre started in 2004 by Christian Aid partner HEKS in partnership with GADRA. Basira Gada, 17, cradles her 3 month old daughter Bourja, who weighs just kilos. Basira walked 5 Kms to seek treatment for her child. She said, "My husband has left for Mauritania to work and earn money to support us. He is working as a casual labourer and I miss him a lot. I would like him with me now because I am frightened for my baby." 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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