A 75-truck food convoy recently crossed the Sahara Desert to bring 1,500 tons of U.S. Food for Peace sorghum from Algiers, Algeria, to drought victims in Niger in Sub-Sahara Africa. The convoy, which traveled more than 1,600 miles over some of the world's most barren and hottest terrain, was financed by the U. S. Agency for International Development (AID) and the UN food and Agriculture Organization's Office of Sahelian Relief Operations. Sorghum is a staple food in Niger and other countries in Central West Africa. The massive 20 and 30-ton trucks delivered the sorghum to Arlit, Agadez and In-Gall Niger, where it was distributed to people suffering form years of severe drought and recent floods. Since landlocked Niger has no railroads, truck transportation is the only practical way to transport large amounts of food supplies to this country of more than four million people. Altogether, AID has donated more that $151 million in food, medical supplies, shelter materials and other assistance to Niger and five other countries in the Sahelian drought zone - Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Upper Volta, and Senegal. A ton of U.S. Food for Peace sorghum is lifted from S.S. Thompson Lykes, an American freighter, in Algiers, Algeria. The sorghum is a gift from the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development to drought/flood victims in Niger in Sub-Sahara Africa.
| Date Taken: | 09.23.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2017 12:35 |
| Photo ID: | 2189816 |
| VIRIN: | 150923-O-ZZ999-309 |
| Resolution: | 16000x12800 |
| Size: | 9.76 MB |
| Location: | NE |
| Web Views: | 86 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
No keywords found.
