• In advance of expected rains Fatima Adam, 46 and two of her four children, her son Abderrahaman, 14 and Hawa, 11 plant millet seeds in a field at the edge of Torgo village. Early planting is a gamble. It must  rain within 15 days of planting or the seed will not  grow, according to Fatima Adam. The Sahel fringe of Chad is in the grip of a food...

  • Fati Madou, president of the cereal bank in Mouléré village, Niger, stands in front of the cereal bank storage room that holds the bags of corn to help her village survive the hungry season. In a good year, the sacks fill the entire room, right up to the roof. This year, half the store room is empty. Normally, they have enough in the village...

  • Families subdivide allotments of food aid at a Care emergency distribution in Djiogi, Chad. The Sahel fringe of Chad is in the grip of a food crisis. Chronic poverty combined with last year's failed crops have left people vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition. According to UN figures 3.6 million people are affected by the food crisis as of June...

  • fatima Abbakar-Gedala, 30, seated in green, holds her son Ibrahim at a food distribution in Djiogi, Chad. The Sahel fringe of Chad is in the grip of a food crisis. Chronic poverty combined with last year's failed crops have left people vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition. According to UN figures 3.6 million people are affected by the food...

  • Tamboshe Dere (brown scarf) and her grandchild Halima (red scarf) at a water pump repaired by CARE in Torgo, eastern Chad. According to Tamboshe  the situation is dire, "I watch for rain everyday . The land is dry There is no grass for the animals to graze," She said. The Sahel fringe of Chad is in the grip of a food crisis. Chronic poverty...

  • Women gather for food distribution in Dijiogi, Chad. Some waited  two days for the food  aid that would extend what meager foods they had been able to put by. The Sahel fringe of Chad is in the grip of a food crisis. Chronic poverty combined with last year's failed crops have left people vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition. According to UN...