Hey everyone, this is a request for money. This website (http://www.nigerfoodrelief.org/) has been organized by an awesome group of Niger alumni and all donations go to famine relief.
If you're not following the situation in Niger right now, here are a few articles to get you started:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/08/2010824133834821879.html
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/a-famine-looms-in-niger/?scp=2&sq=niger&st=cse
http://allafrica.com/stories/201008160006.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11066959
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8751000/8751252.stm
I am not putting up a bunch of photos of starving children so you can see what a terrible place this world is. I'm writing this because Niger, the country and the people who live there, is a truly incredible place. We in the US and abroad have incredible resources at our disposal, and it would be selfish and inhumane to ignore a crisis of this magnitude.
Most of you know that I spent a few months in Niamey, Niger's capital. Any of you who know me well realize that those months changed my fundamental outlook on life and the way I see the world. I am not writing this to brag about what a great person I am for getting on a plane and "roughing it," but because the people I met and spent time with were and are incredibly important.
This is not a remote crisis. These are human beings. They are real. They touched my life, and through me and other students, have touched the lives of thousands of others. If you have a few extra dollars this month or this week, please stop and think before you have that second drink or talk yourself out of it by saying that things suck in the US too, and know that your $10 can save someone's life, immediately.
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