Our work in the Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger)

In Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada supports sustainable development initiatives and the provision of humanitarian aid during food crises. Implemented with local partners, the Food and nutritional security and climate change in the Sahel project (designated by the French acronym SANC2S) aims to improve the food security of more than 100,000 people, especially women and youths working in the agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries sectors.

With financial support from Global Affairs Canada, the five-year project will:

• Support sustainable and collaborative natural resource management initiatives
  
  
• Provide technical and financial support to community-based climate change adaptation initiatives
  
  
• Support the production, diversification and processing of local food products through vocational training the development of infrastructure including irrigated market gardens, food processing units and grain storage facilities
  
  
• Distribute food and cash transfers to people in vulnerable and crisis situations
  
  
• Support income generation activities for women
  
  
• Promote inclusive governance by ensuring that gender equality and the interests of the most vulnerable groups are accorded due consideration in food security policies
  
  

Among farming communities, the project also aims to:

• Facilitate access to markets by providing training and agricultural services and by organizing trade events
  
  
• Strengthen capacity for defending interests through targeted advocacy on food policies
  
  
• Train and sensitize local authorities and producers on food and nutritional security policies