Transcript for A Time Bomb is Ticking in the Sahel

[A time bomb is ticking in the Sahel] [♪ Music ♪] [Continued droughts, failed harvests and increasing food prices] [have made survival a challenge for local populations.] [Some 15 million people are facing a nutrition crisis.] [One million young children are at risk of starvation.] [The Sahel is an arid region just below the Sahara Desert.] [Eight countries are affected: Burkino Faso, Cameroon,] [Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.] [Communities in the Sahel have a great capacity for resilience,] [but there is a limit, and it has been reached.] [More than one million children are already suffering from malnutrition.] [They are at high risk of stunted growth, brain damage, and permanent disability.] [They are more vulnerable than others to polio, measles,] [meningitis, cholera & other diseases.] [If we don't help them, these one million children could die within a few months.] [We know what to do to save these children, but we must act now.] [Spread the word.] [Share this video with your friends.] [Post it on your social media networks.] [We can't let a million children starve.] [Not on our watch.] [Tweet about it.] [#SahelNOW] [Unicef] [unicef.org]