The conflicts in northern Mali and the Lake Chad crisis have caused major population movements towards the Diffa and Tillabéry regions. ACTED is responding to the humanitarian needs of particularly vulnerable displaced populations, whose influx is weighing on pre-existing basic services and natural resources of the host populations. ACTED teams have been operating in Niger since 2010, implementing programmes to ensure people’s access to water and sanitation services as well as providing support to build economic and agricultural resilience.
Mission Context
Niger is facing a volatile humanitarian situation and an unstable security environment. Several challenges are combined in this Sahelian country: on the one hand, structural crises, such as chronic food and nutritional insecurity, droughts or floods; and on the other hand, security crises causing major population movements, as the conflict in northern Mali or the Lake Chad crisis. Displaced populations, present in the Diffa and Tillabéry regions, are particularly vulnerable. Additionally, the daily life of host communities is further complicated by the scale of displacement, which affects pre-existing basic services and natural resources.
The humanitarian community emphasizes emergency actions to ensure dignified living conditions for the population. Humanitarian actors are also developing recovery actions to strengthen the resilience of affected populations.
ACTED in Niger
Since 2010, ACTED has been mobilizing alongside the most vulnerable populations affected by different crises, in order to meet their basic needs while strengthening their resilience capacities.
In Tillabéry and Diffa regions, ACTED provides access to water and sanitation services to displaced people and host communities and organises infrastructure maintenance to ensure its sustainability. Distribution of shelter kits and non-food items are coordinated, as well as awareness-raising sessions on best hygiene practices to help prevent epidemics.
Simultaneously, ACTED aims to strengthen the economic resilience of the most vulnerable people by providing training and support to the beneficiaries of its projects in launching income-generating activities. Within this framework, ACTED promotes agricultural recovery by introducing farmers to new techniques and providing them with agricultural inputs, which also contributes to food security in the region.
ACTED, 2017
In order to help the most vulnerable, ACTED conducted literacy sessions for the communities
ACTED, 2017
Before launching their income-generating activities, all project beneficiaries receive comprehensive training, including basic accounting skills
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As part of the monthly food distributions, ACTED beneficiaries are also trained in good nutritional practices
ACTED, 2017
In order to improve access to water in the Diffa region, ACTED teams are equipping a solar panel borehole to increase drinking water distribution capacity
ACTED, 2017
Water Trucking covered the water supply at the Kidjandi site, which has 30,000 displaced people
ACTED, 2017
A total of 1,400 households (approximately 4,900 people) were provided with emergency shelters
Current projects
Resources
Hygiene and sanitation in schools in Abala camp, Tillabéri
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