Food Security Mali Project #13625

Help 30 Hungry Villages in Gao-Mali Grow Food NOW!

by Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy

Help 30 Hungry Villages in Gao-Mali Grow Food NOW!

Project Report | Apr 29, 2013
An Appeal to End Famine in Mali issued by The Network Journal & AfricaStrictlyBusiness.com

By Dr. Joyce King | President, Board of Trustees, Food First

The humanitarian crisis in the landlocked West African country of Mali has gained worldwide attention and the engagement of foreign governments, including France and the United States. The food crisis that has gripped much of Africa since 2008 has intensified in Mali, as war involving radical Islamic groups disrupt families and communities that have been the basic elements of African survival.

As Mali’s spring growing season approaches, The Network Journal and AfricaStrictlyBusiness.com appeal to you to remember the people of Mali as they prepare to plant their own gardens and rice fields. Please consider making even a small contribution -- perhaps equivalent to the cost of a few bags of topsoil, fertilizer and seedlings -- to a modest fundraising campaign of just $10,000 to underwrite the cost of seeds and a water pump needed to feed six of the hardest hit villages surrounding Gao, northern Mali’s largest city and the epicenter of the fighting.

“Africa’s prosperity trajectory must not be thrown off course by crises of terrorism and famine. Key to that trajectory is the integrity and wellbeing of one of the world’s most important historic regions – the city of Gao and its surrounding villages in Mali. Your contribution to the spring planting season campaign for the people of this region will help to sustain these brave keepers of history and keep their need footprint on the continent’s path to prosperity,” says Rosalind McLymont, executive editor of The Network Journal, CEO of AfricaStrictlyBusiness.com and a Member of the Council of Advisors to the Paramount Songhoy Chief.

Tax-deductible donations made online through Global Giving, http://goto.gg/13625, will be funneled directly to Food First, the Institute for Food and Development Policy, www.foodfirst.org, which is partnering with BERADA, the local Malian organization that is managing this fundraising campaign. Food First was described by The New York Times as one of the country's “most established food think tanks.”

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Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy

Location: Oakland, CA - USA
Website: http://www.foodfirst.org
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Project Leader:
Eric Holt-Gimenez
Executive Director
Oakland , CA Mali

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