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Food aid handed to vulnerable people in Nioro

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Elderly people, single women with dependants, people with disabilities and widows from the El Hadj Omar Tall military camp received food and hygiene products in Nioro, Mali. The distribution, organised on Wednesday 14 October, included millet, rice, oil, sugar, pasta and soap, Studio Tamani reports.

Food donations were handed out on Wednesday 14 October to vulnerable people in Nioro, Mali, including elderly people, single women with dependants, people living with disabilities and widows from the El Hadj Omar Tall military camp, Studio Tamani reports.

The kits included millet, rice, oil, sugar, pasta and soap. The operation is part of an initiative to show solidarity with people in need, according to Studio Tamani.

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