ShelterBox Niger Floods 2010

Monday, September 6: Niger, in West Africa, has suffered the worst flooding it has experienced in 80 years. The River Niger, Africas third largest river, reached a record height after heavy rains fell across West Africa causing the river to burst its banks.

Homes, crops and roads in Niger have all been destroyed with Niamey, the country's capital, one of the worst hit areas. Thousands of people in the city have lost their homes and this is where ShelterBoxes initial distribution will be.

A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT), consisting of Mike Freeman (US), Ed Owen (UK) and Tom Lay (UK) arrived in the capital on Sunday, September 5. They will be working with local Rotarians and distributing an initial consignment of 200 ShelterBoxes to families in most need.

This film was shot by Tom Lay during his time out there.

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• Niamey
• West Africa
• Africa
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