LAKE CHAD BASSIN CRISIS

WFP ’S RESPONSE IN THE REGION

DIFFA CRISIS AT A GLANCE

OVER 50% 308,000 OF ALL THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE ARE 240,000 REFUGEES OF THE LAKE CHAD SEVERELY FOOD OF THE ESTIMATED 700,000 BASIN ARE HOSTED BY NIGER INSECURE PEOPLE LIVING IN DIFFA ARE COMPOSED OF INTERNALLY FODDER DEFICIT DISPLACED PEOPLE, 1 PERSON OUT OF 2 2M IS IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN THE BIGGEST ONE IN 5 YEARS RETURNEES AND REFUGEES ASSISTANCE IN DIFFA - IN 2017 FOLLOWING THE 2016/2017 CROP YEAR

CHILDREN 6-59 MONTHS CHILDREN 6-59 MONTHS AT REGIONAL LEVEL IN DISPLACED SITES 151 SCHOOLS GAM RATE AT SAM RATE AT GAM RATE AT SAM RATE AT CLOSED DOWN WHICH REDUCES ACCESS 11.4% 1.0% 13.6% 2.4% BRINGING BACK TO EDUCATION CONFIDENCE TO SURVIVORS OF WHAT DOES WFP DO IN THE ? Aboubakar is 69 years old. As part of the Lake Chad Crisis regional • Support to the treatment of moderate response, WFP responds to the consequences acute malnutrition for children 6-23 He is from Assaga in Nigeria. ofBoko Haram’s long running violence and months and pregnant women in health He arrived in Boulonguouri two military counter-offensives. Millions of people centers and in camps; years ago with his seven children. across the region were affected and 9.2 million • Prevention of acute malnutrition for people are in urgent need of assistance. children 6-23 months in targeted “We had to run for our lives. WFP Niger delivers an integrated response households through a Prevention We were scared. Boko Haram package in 8 municipalities (Maïné Soroa, package with a daily ration of 200 g of , Diffa, , Bosso, , SuperCereal Plus, active screening for came in our village and killed N’Guigmi and ). The response package acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 13 people. The cries still consists of: months, referrals to health centres and key resonate in my mind,” says family practices sensitisation sessions at • Unconditional food assistance to vulnerable distribution sites; Aboubakar, his voice filled residing in and out of camps consisting of food distribution with cereal, pulses, oil, • School meals activities, targeting school with anxiety. Boubakar’s super cereal and salt, and/or food assistance aged school children in emergency and family benefitted from WFP’s in the form of cash; other schools, providing cereal, pulses, oil, super cereal and salt for the meals. support. “It helps us a lot. My • Conditional food assistance for asset Beyond bringing children back to school creation to populations residing in specific life is better now and I am more and improving their nutrition and food zones outside camps, targeting refugees, security, this crucial support also restored confident about our future,” returnees, IDPs and vulnerable host some stability in their daily lives. says Aboubakar with a smile. populations to progressively support early recovery, especially in stabilized areas; LAKE CHAD BASSIN CRISIS

HOW DOES WFP WORK IN NIGER? WFP promotes an integrated approach, providing a communities status. Refugees and IDPs living in multisectoral response combining conditional and camps are assisted based on their status. unconditional transfers and capacity development support to the address the multidimensional needs. WFP Niger also plays a key role in coordinating The food security response was linked from the the response. WFP and FAO jointly co-lead the start to WFP’s prevention of acute malnutrition food security cluster, chaired by the representative programme in an effort to ensure that the most of the Ministry of Agriculture, at both national vulnerable children aged 6-23 months from and regional level, with the active participation targeted households in and out of camps received of government counterparts, national and the nutrients and caloric intake needed to prevent international NGOs, and UN agencies. an increase in malnutrition and mortality rate. Food security is also monitored through the mobile Importantly, to reduce potential conflicts, because Vulnerability Assessment (mVAM) system with of the increased pressure on food stocks and WFP beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, using competition for resources in the region due mobile phones. KEY RESULTS to the continued influx of people in need, host In 2016, WFP achieved the following results: communities were included in the regional strategy Finally, WFP works in close partnership with • Over 195,000 residing in and out of camps so that their most basic food needs were met. the other actors present in the field to ensure a received unconditional food assistance coordinated response. Within this framework, a Recognizing the varied composition of the mixed in the form of food or cash. Of these, an joint WFP/UNICEF plan for nutrition response migration flows into and the necessity to address estimated 23,500 refugees in the two acute and chronic food insecurity in the region, was developed for the Lake Chad region, refugee camps (Kablewa and Sayam WFP uses the Household Economy Analysis to ensure a scale-up of operations to better Forage) benefited from monthly general socio-economic (community-based) targeting meet the needs and to improve the quality of food distributions. intervention at country level. Another partnership methodology, to ensure that beneficiaries living out • Some 23,700 beneficiaries, amongst which of camps are assisted based on their vulnerability, is ongoing with UNICEF on education, with strong refugees, returnees, IDPs and vulnerable regardless of their IDPs, refugees, returnees or host complementarities on the support to schools. host populations, received conditional food assistance for asset creation to support early recovery. WFP ENGAGES TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION • Some 46,000 moderately malnourished children 6-59 months and some 28,000 OF AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS BENEFICIARIES malnourished pregnant and lactating women were treated against malnutrition. methodology to discuss with communities other selection criteria than economic-based • Prevention of malnutrition activities through ones, such as women-headed households with blanket feeding were carried out for over numerous children, survival of gender-based 14,500 children aged 6-23 months. violence, children-headed households and • School meals were provided to over 26,700 households headed by a person with specific children. The programme assisted a total needs. Throughout the programme, WFP 319 schools including 16 with emergency promotes women’s representativeness by school meal programmes. including them in the targeting and complaint committees and in surveys. WFP has taken important steps to ensure WFP closely monitors activities to ensure accountability towards affected populations beneficiaries’ safety, dignity and integrity is is met. To achieve this objective, WFP sets up preserved throughout the programme. In 2016, complaint committees with trusted persons WFP trained staff and food security actors on from the community who are listened to. In international humanitarian and international 2017, WFP will also strengthen its accountability law in conflict zones as well as on humanitarian by setting up a hotline number. Complaints will access. In 2017, WFP strengthened its targeting be then followed up with beneficiaries.

Credits Production: Julie Pudlowski Consulting; Photography: © WFP Simon Pierre Diouf Update: March 2017 Contact: [email protected]