Ongoing project
Response to the Humanitarian Needs of Vulnerable Host and Displaced Communities in Agriculture, WASH and Protection in the Regions of Tombouctou and Mopti in Mali (BHA-2)
June 2022 - June 2024
$3,000,000 CAD
Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA, ex-OFDA)
145,985 targeted beneficiaries
including over 50% women and 59% displaced persons
In Mali, there are 8.8 million people in need, including a large number of internally displaced persons. Armed attacks create a climate of insecurity, and droughts seriously affect the agricultural sector, for example. The BHA-2 project is being implemented in two particularly hard-hit regions: Timbuktu (circles of Timbuktu, Gourma-Rharous, Goundam and Niafunké) and Mopti (circles of Mopti and Djenné).
With the support of our local partner Association Subhai Gumo (ASG), our overall aim is to strengthen household resilience by supporting their livelihood activities, protecting women in vulnerable situations, ensuring better access to water and promoting good hygiene practices
Humanitarian needs
Supporting access to drinking water and agriculture for vulnerable households
Marked by insecurity, conflict and the adverse effects of climate change, the people of Mali need support to improve agricultural production, access to drinking water and prevent gender-based violence. Villages and communes in the Mopti and Timbuktu regions are heavily affected by migration, violence and natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
Due to the lack of functional wells, communities collect water for human consumption from gardens or pastoral wells, for example. BHA-2 supports these communities by rehabilitating wells with a multi-use system, and representative committees take charge of appropriate sanitation practices. Communities are also supported through the distribution of seeds and farming tools. In addition, BHA-2 supports women's groups and husbands' schools to help transform gender relations
Meaningful Results
Quantifying progress ensures actions are tailored to humanitarian needs
22,426
kilometers of irrigation canals rehabilitated by 4,564 people from host and internally displaced communities
986
hectares of land protected against disease and animal pests
15
water wells rehabilitated with a multi-use system
2,600
farmers, including 875 women, 193 returnees, 811 IDPs and 2 returnees trained in pest management
3,120
households (2,496 women and 1,560 IDPs) trained in good hygiene practices
1,800
households received WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) kits
15
gender-based violence steering committees, each comprising 17 women leaders, set up or revitalized
15
women's committees received cash assistance to ensure adequate access to intervention services for survivors of violence
Our partners
Thank you to our financial, consortium and implementation partners, without whom this project would not be possible
