Food for thought

NG Kids and Save The Children need your help to make a difference to the lives of young people living in Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone, in West Africa.

Check out the lastest video clip by Kroo Bay kids Noah and Rahsid to see how the rising cost of food is a major problem for families in Kroo Bay in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

"We're struggling this year. Last year, one cup of rice was 400 (7p), now it costs 800 (14p). The price of everything is increasing every day," explains Kroo Bay resident Fatu, who has one-year-old twins, Khadija and Fatima, to look after. "When they weighed my children at the hospital they told me they'd lost weight because they were not eating enough food. If there is any more increase in price things would be even worse for me."

Now Save The Children has also launched a new online initiative asking for you to support families in Kroo Bay thorough its Fight For Food campaign. Taking inspiration from an ancient Japanese tradition of tying your wish to a bamboo tree, the charity has created its very own broccoli tree and wants you to send in online wishes to be tied to the branches.

Click on the Save The Children website to help the Kroo Bay kids through the Fight For Food campaign