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Togo

Assistance to displaced persons in the Savanes region
65% of households have difficulty accessing drinking water
47,085 refugees
99% of displaced people in Togo have fled due to insecurity
38,789 people helped

Context

Since 2023, the Savanes region in northern Togo has been facing a gradual deterioration in the security situation linked to the expansion of non-state armed groups from Burkina Faso.

Although the number of reported security incidents has decreased since September 2024, the intensification of attacks on the Burkinabe side continues to cause significant population flows into Togo. As of January 31, 2025, the country had 10,171 internally displaced persons and 47,085 refugees, mainly hosted by host families in precarious conditions. The joint multisectoral needs assessment conducted in December 2024 by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL, Handicap International, and their local partners revealed that 99% of displaced persons in Togo cited insecurity as the main factor in their flight. Humanitarian needs are multiple: insufficient and difficult access to drinking water (53% of households report water sources too far from their homes), overall food insecurity (poor or marginal food consumption scores for 61% of households surveyed), precarious shelter (32% damaged, high levels of overcrowding), and high exposure to protection risks, particularly for women. In this tense context, and with humanitarian funding becoming increasingly scarce, the ability to anticipate and respond quickly is more necessary than ever to meet the scale of needs in the Savanes region.

  • 9.7 million inhabitants
  • 162nd out of 193countries on the Human Development Index

Our action

  • Mission
    opened in 2023
  • Team 8 international staff
    17 national staff
  • Budget 1.7 M€

In a tense security context marked by a state of emergency and increasing displacement, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has structured its presence around a humanitarian response coordinated with local authorities and national actors. 

In 2024 and early 2025, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL consolidated a multisectoral strategy in Togo, based on local dynamics and the expertise of the consortium led by the NGO. This strategy, developed with OREPSA and Handicap International in Togo, aims to reduce the impact of the Sahel conflict on displaced, refugee and host populations, and is divided into three areas: 

  • rapid support for newly displaced populations, with the distribution of more than 3,414 multisectoral kits (food, hygiene, non-food items) within an average of 72 hours after learning of the displacement. These distributions are systematically accompanied by psychological first aid, protection case detection, and malnutrition screening. The consortium is currently the only actor providing immediate assistance to new arrivals.  
  • improving access to drinking water and sanitation, with the rehabilitation of 20 boreholes, the creation of two latrine blocks (accessible to people with reduced mobility) in Dapaong, and the establishment of 20 water point management committees. In 2025, this action will be reinforced with the conversion of human-powered pumps into autonomous water stations and the deployment of ORISA filters for households without safe access to water. 
  • strengthening economic resilience through the introduction of cash transfers in the form of vouchers (40,000 CFA francs per month for three months) for 1,889 households in the Savanes region. In 2025, support for individual and collective income-generating activities, prioritizing displaced women, will be rolled out. This approach is based on feedback from beneficiaries and local expertise. 
Partners

Institutional and private financial partners CDCS, DG ECHO, SAUR Solidarités 

Operational partners Handicap International, OREPSA 

Our impact

Save and preserve lives through a rapid, multisectoral emergency response

  • Distribution of 2,660 emergency kits for newly displaced people 
  • Nutritional screening of 1,775 children (aged 0-59 months) 
  • 40 cases of moderate acute malnutrition and 6 cases of severe acute malnutrition referred to specialized facilities  
  • Referral of 5 protection cases identified during distributions to Handicap International 
water sanitation

Responding to basic needs and restoring essential services

  • Rehabilitation of 20 water points (boreholes), with improved access to drinking water 
  • Construction of 2 blocks of 3 latrines each, adapted for people with disabilities 
  • Hygiene awareness for 1,228 households (7,614 people) in the intervention areas 
  • Preparation for the introduction of vouchers for basic goods (replacing cash, which is prohibited by the Togolese authorities) 
people helped

Strengthen individual, community, and institutional resilience

  • Training of water point management committees (one per point, with at least two women in each) 
  • Provision of three tool kits to repairers 
  • Operation of alert committees: 117 verified alerts triggering the distribution of kits 
  • Support for humanitarian assessment through the deployment of the HAACT 

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