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Houwela with her severely malnourished 21-month-old daughter Zanadiya inside the Concern-supported intensive nutritional recovery centre, Niger. Photo: Darren VaughanHouwela with her severely malnourished 21-month-old daughter Zanadiya inside the Concern-supported intensive nutritional recovery centre, Niger. Photo: Darren Vaughan

Help babies like Zanadiya

£10 a month for a year could pay for 400 sachets of therapeutic food for malnourished children

Child Hunger Crisis Appeal. After steadily declining for a decade, world hunger is on the rise once again, and it is babies like Zanadiya who are suffering the most. Will you help children survive?

A deadly combination of conflict, climate change and soaring pricesis at the root of increasing worldwide hunger. The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine has pushed prices up and put food out of reach for millions of people across the globe.

3.1 million children under five still die from hunger-related causes every year.

Houwela with her severely malnourished 21-month-old daughter Zanadiya inside the Concern-supported intensive nutritional recovery centre, Niger. Photo: Darren Vaughan
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Zanadiya’s mum, Houwela, did everything she could for baby Zanadiya. However, her community in Niger - already struggling with poverty - is facing droughts, food shortages and rising prices. As such, Zanadiya became severely malnourished.

“My daughter has been malnourished for the last month. There are many malnourished children where I live. We bring them here for treatment. I don’t know how we will get food in the future.”

This worldwide child hunger crisis is worsening by the day. In 2023 alone, over 3 million mothers will lose a child to hunger.

Will you help us get urgent food to a baby like Zanadiya?

Thanks to her mum’s quick thinking and proactivity, and support from Concern, Zanadiya is now on the road to recovery. After being discharged from the Concern-supported clinic, Houwela and Zanadiya returned to their village where they continued to visit the local health clinic for treatment and regular check-ups.

Two and a half months later, her condition has improved considerably.

A follow-up visit to mother Houwela Chaibou and her daughter Zanadiya in Yama village, Niger. Photo: Concern Worldwide
A follow-up visit to mother Houwela Chaibou and her daughter Zanadiya in Yama village, Niger. Photo: Concern Worldwide

Zanadiya’s story has a positive outcome. We are working hard to make sure there are more stories like hers.

A follow-up visit to mother Houwela Chaibou and her daughter Zanadiya in Yama village, Niger. Photo: Concern Worldwide
A follow-up visit to mother Houwela Chaibou and her daughter Zanadiya in Yama village, Niger. Photo: Concern Worldwide
Houwela is worried for her daughter's health.
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Four million people facing devastation

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its population faces five humanitarian crises: food insecurity, malnutrition, floods, epidemics, and population displacement.

Moreover, upwards of four million people are facing the devastating effects of several failed rainy seasons and decades of increasing desertification of the Sahel region. As such, they don’t have adequate access to food.

 

How your donation helps

Concern supports emergency food programmes in 20 countries.

Just £3 a month pays for 120 sachets of nutrition-packed food. They’re simple, inexpensive and save babies' lives.

 

How your donation is used

81.9%
Overseas programmes

Almost 82 pence in every pound donated goes towards our emergency response and long-term development programmes, working together with people living in the most difficult situations to bring about lasting change to lives, livelihoods and communities.

Asma Begum (37) and her husband Abdul with their three daughters Lamia (18), Sadia (16) and Maria (5) and their grandmother Kulsum Begum (72) started CRAAIN in 2020. Asma Begum started as a lead farmer, received training and seeds. Before, she did agri activities but wasn’t very successful. She had received one ring composter from the local gov but no training on how to use it. As a lead farmer, she has supported 400 households in this area. She used to rely on her husband but is now totally reliable.
  • 14.2%

    Fundraising

    This is money we spend to raise more funds for our overseas work.

  • 3.5%

    Policy, advocacy and campaigns

    We invest money to campaign, lobby governments, run petitions and put pressure on decision-makers to tackle the underlying causes of extreme poverty and push for change.

  • 0.4%

    Governance

    These are funds we spend to ensure that Concern is compliant and adheres to the highest standards.

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Houwela with her severely malnourished 21-month-old daughter Zanadiya inside the Concern-supported intensive nutritional recovery centre, Niger. Photo: Darren Vaughan

Help us tackle the child hunger crisis

  • 3.1 million children under five still die from hunger-related causes every year

  • Just £3 a month pays for 120 sachets of nutrition-packed food.

  • They’re simple, inexpensive and save babies lives.

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