project african

In parts of West Africa, lack of rain and failing crops have left families struggling for food. Save the Children is already on the ground in the hard hit region known as the Sahel. We are reaching children who are most at risk – but we urgently need raise awareness of this emergency. The Sahel is an arid, impoverished region on the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert. And it is in the Sahel where one million children live on the fringe of survival due to a food shortage that threatens many with severe acute malnutrition