Impact stories

Gambo and Hadja both fled Northern Nigeria with their children to seek shelter and peace in Niger. Their lives are put on hold.

Over 80% of refugees from Nigeria have found shelter in host families in Niger, most of them poor and chronically hungry themselves. This is an account of humbling hospitality and one woman’s strength.

From 23th to 30th November 2014, CARE Niger is celebrating its 40 years of successes and learnings, working for the most vulnerable people and being committed to achieve the best results in various fields such as humanitarian emergency responses, social…

For the past month, Niger has been battling with heavy rains and floods. More than 130,000 people have been affected, and 32 have lost their lives; homes have been washed away, and farmlands and crops have been destroyed.

“My daughter returns from far away… A true miracle,” repeats Adama Issaka without ceasing, caressing Firdaoussou, carrying and holding her very tightly. The mother and her daughter look each other in the eyes for a long time, in a moment of silence, then…

The food crisis currently affecting the Sahel is a result of several causes including drought, high food prices, and regional instability. Certain factors might have a bigger influence than

Driving from Niger’s capital Niamey to the town of Konni for five hours through the sand-swept, arid Sahel region, I listened to the audio book The Hunger Games. The novel opens with a scene of bleak poverty in a post-apocalyptic town called District 12…

She is only forty but her eyes and her wrinkled face bear witness to a life of hardship. A widow and a mother of six, Tchima Ibrahim Iro has no means to support herself and her family, and relies on other people’s handouts