Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Despite calls by aid organizations for food assistance for Niger as early as last November, that country is now in the throes of a hunger crisis. We talk about what’s happening there now and how a future crisis might be avoided.
Guests
- Dr. Milton Tektonidis Medical coordinator and nutritional specialist for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers
- Jennifer Parmelee Washington spokeswoman for the World Food Program
- Bill Garvelink Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID
- Kathy Tilford Country director for CARE International in Niger
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