Food Security
for West Africa
Food Security for West Africa
The Situation
- In 2019, 66% of the population was estimated to be severely food insecure, and at a 12% malnutrition rate.
- Deforestation and widespread changes to the climate has left the country vulnerable.
- 40% of the population are living below the poverty line.
- Food insecurity is extremely high across the country.
- Most of the population heavily relies on one season of agriculture for their livelihoods, leaving the country vulnerable to any change in the weather
- Food and nutritional security across Burkina Faso is critical; an estimated 3.3 million people are facing food insecurity.
How IDRF is helping
Through this project, we aim to:
- provide 200 households in Chad with emergency food packages.
- provide 200 households in Burkina Faso with emergency food packages.
- Food packages contain the following items: corn flour 25 kg, oil 5 liters, sugar 5 kg and rice 5 kg. Each food package will last a single household a period of one month.
$60
Help 1 family
with enough food to last for a month
$120
Help 2 families
with enough food to last for a month
$300
Help 5 families
with enough food to last for one month.
The Impact
people will be reached
CHAD
1,100 people will be reached, including refugees residing in camp barracks in Bongor.
BURKINA FASO
1,050 people will be reached including villagers facing severe food insecurity and famine in Soum.
Other Appeals
Donate to provide food to West Africa
Note: At IDRF we are committed to managing your funds and being accountable to you as our donors with full transparency. To do this, we are committed to ensuring that the funds you have selected are designated to the appropriate country. In the event IDRF receives funds that cannot be designated to the country selected, then please know that the funds will be redirected to support other vulnerable communities that are in urgent need.
If you would like to donate by cheque, please mail a signed cheque to:
IDRF
23 Lesmill Rd, Suite 300, North York, ON M3B 3P6
Memo: Food Relief for West Africa
Every donation will receive a tax receipt by email upon donation.