Why Niger? We have been working in Niger since 2003 when we established a primary school education programme in the region of Tahoua. We have since widened our level of operations to implement a holistic approach towards targeting the structural causes of extreme poverty.
With an estimated population of 21.5 million, Niger is faced with daunting development challenges, exacerbated by security concerns from terrorist incursions, challenges with the transit of Europe-bound migrants, climate change and excessive population growth.
Niger is vulnerable to high levels of food insecurity, illness - including endemic malaria – and poor access to services, water, and sanitation. Consecutive food, nutritional, and pastoral crises have affected much of the Nigerien population over the last twenty years, jeopardizing the lives of millions of people who are already chronically food insecure.
Malnutrition is a massive problem here in Niger, more than one in ten children suffer from acute malnutrition.
Education access
Access to quality education was scaled up from six to 20 schools across three communes in the Diffa Region that are affected by the Lake Chad crisis.
Health support
Malaria treatment
Our response in Niger focuses on tackling the structural causes of extreme poverty through health, nutrition, livelihoods and education support.
When we meet Chawda Zakariaou, she is overjoyed that her eight-month-old daughter will soon be discharged after seven worrying days of treatment. But her story is unexpected.
