COVID-19 has changed the lives of children across Mali. Emergence of the pandemic has added to many other challenges for children particularly living in vulnerable conditions like refugee and internally displaced persons settlements. Read about what it's like for children like eight-month-old Khadija, whose family was forced to flee their village due to conflict and now has to adapt to the 'new normal' in a camp.
A major humanitarian crisis that has 5.7 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 2.18 million are children. The conflict, predominantly pits the Fulani against the Dogon ethnic communities. The conflict has spread from northern to central Mali. World Vision continues responding with life-saving interventions. Also adversely affected are: Mali, Burkina Faso and western Niger.
Doussou and the women of her community were once victims of unimaginable peril in their search for water. Now they have access to clean water right at their doorsteps.
“Before the savings groups, most of the women couldn’t even sit in the same place together. The strain on resources put a lot of social strain on our community.”
We say water is life and World Vision is committed to making sure all families and children, especially the most vulnerable, have access to safe drinking water.
In Mali, World Vision uses a community-based approach. Our teams work closely with children, households, communities, local authorities and partners. We listen to families, understand their issues and empower communities with skills and resources that bring lasting change for children. We also continue to work with communities in the conflict-ridden central and northern parts of the country, contributing to social cohesion and building peace to ensure child protection.
We serve the most vulnerable children and families through a multi-sector programmatic approach focused on: health and nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, education and life skills, food security and resilience, advocacy, and child protection and participation.
Meet the hidden heroes helping to tackle COVID-19
Behind every aspect of World Vision's work throughout the last 70 years, Hidden Heroes have risen up in every season. Hear from Oumou Sissoko from World Vision in Mali, who is part of the team responding to the COVID-19 emergency in a country already facing various challenges related to conflict and insecurity.
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Serving and contributing to life in all its fullness for every Malian child.
General insecurity has grown in the central part of Mali, spilling ove from conflict in the north. All too often in such crises, the people most affected and those working to make a difference are often lost in the enormity of it all. We must not forget them, we must see the faces of this crisis.
It Takes a World
We are working in communities all over Mali, with children, religious leaders and governments, to tackle the root cause of child marriage in Mali.
