Niger says it needs 55.9 million franc CFA (US $89,227) in disaster relief for some 19,565 people made homeless by heavy rains as of 31 August in this semi-arid landlocked country.
A request by the office that coordinates emergency aid, Le Secretariat Permanent du System d'Alerte Precoce et de Gestion des Catastrophes, says the money would go to providing lamps, mats, blankets and food.
The office said rains this year damaged or destroyed crops of rice, millet, sorghum, cassava, sugar cane, granaries and dikes. The result has been increases in the number of cases of malaria, malnutrition and diarrhoea for which drugs are urgently needed for treatment. In 1998, 42,000 people suffered damage to their homes and property.
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