Emergency Appeal to Help Flood Survivors (Because of the current and immediate crisis situation, our regular website content begins below) West African Flood Relief As of 2010, 193 people have died and upwards of 860,000 in 15 West African countries have been affected, with over 600,000 made homeless: losing their belongings, crops, livestock, pets, bicycles, vehicles and livelihood. Entire neighborhoods and villages were devastated by the deluge of September 1, 2009. For millions of West Africans it is the biggest flood in over a century, and the recovery has barely begun. Our organization has distribution channels in place in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, so we can get help directly to the people on the ground. Watch the videos below, and please make a tax deductible donation!
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UNPRECEDENTED DELUGE From the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, Senegal in the western region of West Africa to Agadez, Niger in the east, from Rosso, Mauritania in the north to Bolgatanga, Ghana in the south. Agadez, Niger, on the southern reaches of the Sahara Desert: Unusually heavy rainfall provoked the rupture of a dyke, resulting in the destruction of livestock, crops and several thousand houses. 80,000 affected by the floods. In Nigeria, many communities in at least 13 of its 36 states were flooded: Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba. The toll: over 100,000 homeless. THE GREATEST FLOOD IN LIVING MEMORY Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, a city twice the size and population of San Francisco, is one of the hardest hit communities. One-third of its annual rainfall in less than 12 hours. Six quartiers (districts) were flooded, leaving 150,000 people homeless. This was Burkina Faso's biggest flood ever recorded, going back over a century. Bigger than the great flood of 1919. THE CHALLENGE The greatest challenge in coming months is the inevitable outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria, Africa's biggest killer. Every day, approximately 3,000 children die in Africa from malaria alone. Children, elders, the ill and disabled are at major risk. Many individuals and families are now in the greatest crisis of their lives. All of this is happening in one of the poorest regions of the world, where every day is a struggle for survival. The United Nations rates 182 nations in their Human Development Index, i.e., most developed to least developed [in essence, most prosperous to poorest]. Norway is rated number 1. the USA is rated number 13. Cape Verde Islands is rated number 121. The other 15 West African nations are rated between 152 and 182. That means 15 of 16 West African nations are among the 30 poorest nations on the planet. African Family Film Foundation is calling for a sea change in world economic priorities, a paradigm shift, a shift away from conflict and war, a shift toward peaceful action, a humanitarian approach toward those with the least, those living on the edge of starvation, with inadequate shelter, minimal health care and often limited means of making a living, providing for one's family, for the children, the elderly, the ill, the disabled, the deaf and the blind. Taxpayers in the United States will pay $1.05 trillion for total Iraq and Afghanistan war spending since 2001. Every minute, the USA spends more than $500,000 in the Iraq war alone. That's $30 million every hour. $720 million every day. $22 billion every month. Imagine how the resources wasted on war could be used for transforming West Africa into an oasis of green development! Imagine happy men, women and children living in harmony! Imagine the good will that would be generated! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE MUST African Family Film Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is asking you to join us in helping those who have lost everything. We have very low operating costs. We are all volunteer. We have distribution channels in place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, so we can get help directly to people on the ground. We use donations to buy organic cotton blankets, non-toxic mosquito nets, organic millet, beans and sorghum - all purchased locally to avoid costly airlifts and waste. It's a matter of distributing existing supplies from areas that weren't hit to affected cities and villages. This supports the ancient art of African weaving, sustainable organic farming, the existing local economy, and provides relief for the people who need it. Our team of African volunteers is distributing food, blankets and mosquito nets to those in need. They need your help. Your tax-deductible contribution will help continue our flood relief effort in West Africa. PLEASE HELP NOW! Here are some examples of what your money can do: $7 will buy a locally made blanket $10 will buy a mosquito net $50 will help feed a family for a month Please make a tax deductible donation!

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