# DEC launches Niger emergency appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/08/01/dec-launches-niger-emergency-appeal/
- Published: 2005-08-01T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched an appeal to help the 2.5 million
facing severe food shortages in Niger and the surrounding countries of Mali, Mauritania
and Burkina Faso.
The DEC, which represents 13 aid agency charities, is seeking 
donations via phone, online, and at high street banks and post offices.

TV and radio appeals launched the appeal earlier today with actor Dougray Scott 
and presenter Jeremy Vine fronting them on BBC and ITV.

The emergency appeal is the first launched by the DEC since the South Asian tsunami
appeal launched in December 2004 which secured a record response.

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DEC chief executive Brendan Gormley told the BBC that there were about 6,000 phone
lines and 36,000 calls had been received up until the TV appeal was first broadcast.

In the 24 hours following the launch, the appeal has raised over £5.4 million.

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