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Context
A state of emergency was decreed in 2024, in the face of the intensification of attacks on the Burkinabe border, resulting in significant population displacement to Togo. There are now over 60,106 refugees in addition to 10,171 internally displaced persons, who are mainly being hosted by host families in precarious conditions.
A multisectoral needs assessment conducted by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL in partnership with other international and local NGOs revealed that agriculture is the primary source of income for 62% of households in Savanes, making them particularly vulnerable to climatic hazards and to the insecurity affecting the management of agricultural land.
As a result, nearly 54% of households are food insecure and 625,000 people are expected to suffer from an acute food insecurity and a livelihood crisis (IPC3+ phase) in 2026.
Similarly, 54% of households feel they do not have satisfactory access to water for drinking, cooking, and hygiene, and indeed, only 55 to 62% of water sources are operational. As result, more than 55% of households spend more than 30 minutes a day collecting water, increasing insecurity for women and girls, who are mostly in charge of water collection.
In this context of vulnerability, the precariousness of household shelters is added: 68% of households require non-food items and, in some localities, up to 95% of refugees lack adequate shelter.
- 9.7 million inhabitants
- 161st out of 193countries on the Human Development Index
Our action
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Mission
opened in 2023 -
Team
9 international staff
17 national staff - Budget 1.1 M€
In this volatile context, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is working in the Savanes region.
This strategy aims to reduce the impact of the Sahelian conflict on displaced populations, refugees and hosts, and is divided into three areas:
- Urgent support for newly displaced populations involves the distribution of more than 4,296 multi-sectoral kits containing food and non-food items and hygiene items within an average of 72 hours of becoming aware of the displacement. These distributions are accompanied by psychological first aid, detection of protection cases, and screening for malnutrition carried out. It is currently the only provider providing immediate assistance to the new arrivals in the region.
- Sustainable improvement of access to water and sanitation through the rehabilitation of 20 boreholes and the deployment of ORISA filters for households without secure access to water. Hygiene awareness campaigns are also delivered as well as support for local water governance planned for 2026.
- Strengthening economic resilience through the distribution of monetary value vouchers and support for income-generating activities targeting women and the most vulnerable groups.
Institutional and private financial partners CDCS, DG ECHO
Operational partners Handicap International, REFED, OREPSA
Our impact
Preserving lives through an emergency response
- Distribution of 4,296 emergency kits for 4,124 newly displaced households
- Screening for malnutrition cases in 2,765 children
- Around 30 cases of malnutrition referred to specialized facilities
- Referral of 173 cases of protection identified during distributions
Meeting basic needs and restoring essential services
- Rehabilitation of 20 water points through drilling
- Hygiene awareness session led by community relays
- Distribution of vouchers with monetary value for 941 households for the purchase of basic products
Building individual, community and institutional resilience
- Support to 126 beneficiaries for the revival of collective income-generating activities and support to 30 women for individual income-generating activities
- Training of water point management committees and provision of tool kits to water point repairers
- Formation of alert committees responsible for triggering kit distributions
- Support for humanitarian diagnosis through the deployment of the HAACT
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