“We love our land, but nature gives us fewer and fewer resources'

“We love our land, but nature gives us fewer and fewer resources, while the population keeps growing.”

Yakoura and Babai tell us how they are surviving the climate crisis at the shores of Lake Chad among droughts and instability.

Through EU-funded food assistance programmes, World Food Programme is helping them and their community through the lean season*.

*Lean season: the season between planting and harvesting. For some countries, the lean months mean a lack of rainfall, a cold season allowing for little harvest, or inadequate soil.

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