Niger is starving.

Amartya Sen (and Megan McArdle) said “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.” The Times points out that Niger is a functioning democracy. Some countries are so poor, that even with a respectable administration and functioning capitalism, these crises keep occurring.

Will someone help me get some links to relief agencies? I’ll put them up after I take my kid to camp.

UPDATE: Catholic Relief Services
Unicef