The Image of Africa project studied perceptions of the 1984/85 hunger crisis.The project was funded by the EEC, the Director General for Development Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Non-governmental organisations who took part in the project. The participating groups were: Cornite Francais Coutre la Faim, Danchurchard (Denmark), Dentsehe Welthungerhilfe (FKG), Oxfam (U.K.), SOS-Faim (Belgium), Trocaire (Ireland), CRIC, Crocevia and Terra Nouvli, Associationdes Six S (Burkina Faso), ENDA-TM (Senegal), Gabinete de ComunicacaoSocial (Mozambique), Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (Zimbabwe), also consultants from Ethiopia and Niger. The European group and the African group produced separate reports. Through the courtesy of IFDA Dossier, we present below, excerpts of the synthesis of each of these reports.
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