Hunger Crisis in Niger
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-08-15/hunger-crisis-niger
Despite calls by aid organizations for food assistance for Niger as early as last November, that country is now in the throes of a hunger crisis. We talk about what's happening there now and how a future crisis might be avoided.
Guests
Dr. Milton Tektonidis
medical coordinator and nutritional specialist for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers
Jennifer Parmelee
Washington spokeswoman for the World Food Program
Bill Garvelink
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID
Kathy Tilford
country director for CARE International in Niger
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