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Project to support Covid-19 prevention initiatives in Niger Being a deeply rural Sahelian country, Niger records rainfall over a period of three months. This is the period when the majority of the population is active in agriculture. During the other nine months of the year, it is traditional for people to migrate to neighbouring countries to work at small jobs in order to survive during the lean season. This phenomenon is amplified by the porosity of the borders. These uncontrolled movements of people (especially after the reopening of land borders borders in June 2021 for purely economic reasons after their closure at the beginning of the pandemic) are at the origin of several problems that the state has to face, such as insecurity, extremism, human trafficking and the high risk of circulating diseases from one area to another, especially Covid-19.

Concerning the application of barrier measures, internally, it should be noted that the population has greatly lowered its guard and no longer scrupulously applies the barrier measures recommended by the Ministry of Health. This situation is relatively due to the lack of an adequate communication and the circulation of messages of disinformation.

As for vaccination, it was launched on 29 March 2021 with AstraZeneca and Sinopharma vaccines. 
However, in view of the results obtained, only about 3.3% of the targeted population of 10,318,339 people have been vaccinated. Additional efforts are still required to reach the vaccination targets recommended to country, namely 10% of the population vaccinated by September 2021 and 30% by December 2021.To reach this goal, raising awareness among the population remains the key to success in a country where bad rumours are circulating to discourage the population from being vaccinated.
This project will therefore contribute to prevention through awareness raising activities on barrier measures and the usefulness of vaccination and distribution of Covid-19 prevention products and equipment in border regions which currently represent high risk areas after the reopening of land borders and may serve as entry points for several cases of different Covid-19 variants from different neighbouring countries.
Support local artists through sub-grants to develop cultural material for Zaman Tare project Whilst some people attribute increased access to audio-visual and social media to the blossoming of radical and intolerant narratives, this action believes it presents an opportunity to channel a counter narrative that provides a balanced construct of all cultural and religious identities. Young people willing to embrace new media and traditional art forms to promote tolerance are either lacking the space and protection required to do so, or are economically dependent upon fundamentalist opinion leaders.

The project will utilise the findings of the research to design key messages and develop audio and audiovisual material. Artists will package the core themes in a way that reaches out to a wide audience. This activity will be conducted after CAFOD, CADEV, CCFN and the respective universities in Nigeria and Niger have finalised the research including the identification of core themes as well as at regular intervals during the project implementation. This will ensure that the project messages are relevant to the various stages of the project implementation. The project will engage local artists by providing them with sub-grants. Nigerien artists will be able to reflect on the content and styles of media material to be produced based on the cultural values that promote tolerance in their specific contexts.
Emergency assistance to people affected by the 2012 floods in Niger The rainy season announcing the beginning of the 2012 agriculture season began in July. At one point the population had lost hope that they will have rain to allow them plant. Suddenly heavy rains came and caused floods in most regions of the country affecting thousands of people. According to the latest information from government humanitarian sources as many as 485,000 people have been affected and 68 people have died as the result of the floods. The most affected regions are Agadez, Dosso, Niamey, Tillabery, Maradi and Zinder. These floods destroyed houses, several hectares of cultivated lands (millet, paddy, groundnuts and sorghum fields). In most areas boreholes and wells have also been inundated.

The government of Niger and through the office of the Prime Minister launched an emergency appeal in order to provide emergency assistance to the affected people. OCHA and other humanitarian agencies also carried out needs assessment missions to establish what was needed immediately. CADEV Niger also visited flooded sites around Niamey during which they met the affected populations. These different needs assessment identified shelter, food, NFIs, Hygiene kits and essential drugs as the most pressing and immediate needs of the affected people.

CADEV Niger has planned for a response that will provide emergency assistance to 25,300 persons (3,614 households) in Maradi and Niamey. This assistance will be comprised of treated mosquito nets, frippery and essential drugs. CADEV Niger's project aims to reduce the impact of the floods on the affected populations.
Contribution for CADEV Niger participation to annual GTCIS meeting and mobility training in Burkina CADEV Niger is a national organisation of catholic  church in Niger working for both emergency and development context.
Members of CARITAS Internatinalis are organising an annual meeting in Burkina Faso,  with the main aim to:
- exchange on best practices and learning from emergency responses interventions
- exchange and analysis on current emergency situation in the Sahel region
In addition to that, the workshop will be materialised by discussions on special topics such as CILSS approach for promotion of resilience in the Sahel region, agro-ecologic program and an update on the implantation  and evaluation of GTCIS 2017 action plan. CI campaign titled " partager le chemin" will be also at the centre.  
A training on human mobility will be conducted, this will help participants to exchange on the challenges related to migration and the approach of  the catholic church on this issue be it at local, national, regional and international level.
CADEV Niger requested  CAFOD  financial support to cover the flight lodging costs for its participants. Their participation will contribute significantly for the success of the event because of the strategic position that Niger is occupying in the Sahel region.
Zaman tare implementation community/ country coordination team Meetings of the project implementation committee at the local level and meetings of the steering committee at the country level are planned. In order to prepare and review the past year of implementation, a series of meetings will be held in various project implementation areas.
Due to the delay in the start of Year II project activities, we had no material to discuss, and then the activities were carried out at a high pace, leaving the team no time to hold these meetings. They will be held in parallel with the peace caravan and will serve to take stock of the past year.
Child protection support to partners More than 60 per cent of the population of Niger live below the poverty line and are unable to meet their most basic needs including food, water, clothing, access to education and healthcare. CAFOD’s partners are working in the community and in health care settings with extremely vulnerable groups including pregnant mothers, infants and malnourished children.  

The staff in Niger have only completed CAFOD’s online child protection induction module and require a deeper understanding of child protection given the context in which they are working.  Three partners - CADEV, Caritas Developpement Niamey & Caritas Developpement Maradi - have been prioritized for child protection support, given their high level of contact with children and need for formal safeguarding procedures (including development of a child protection policy and staff training). This will be addressed through a 3 day workshop (1 day with staff and 2 days with partners), co-facilitated by the child protection focal point for WAGL. We are also facilitating the attendance of a representative from CAJED in DRC, who will bring practical experiences of safeguarding and enhance peer-to-peer learning.
Malnutrition prevention and treatment in CADEV Niger nutritional centres Malnutrition prevalence in Niger is always beyond the alert level (10%) regardless of whether the harvest has been good or bad. This is because malnutrition prevalence in Niger has structural causes linked to cultural and other factors. Our partner Caritas Niger has been providing malnutrition treatment in regions with highest levels of prevalence such as Tillabery, Diffa, Zinder and Maradi. In most of these regions severe malnutrition rates exceeds 16% among children between 6 to 23 months of age.

CADEV Niger submitted a one year project to which CAFOD made a contribution. The project was originally to end in September 2012 but was later on extended until 31/12/2013. The partner is putting together the reports and a new proposal which will be circulated to different partners in the coming weeks. Knowing the time it takes before funding is transferred, CADEV Niger has contacted CAFOD to help step in for 3 months (February, March and April) to bridge the funding gap. If funding is secured early enough, then our contribution will be part and parcel of the new project being put in place.

The main objective of this project is to help reduce cases of severe and moderate malnutrition in areas where CADEV Niger operates. This project targets 3000 malnourished children and 500 lactating and pregnant mothers. Main strategy of the project will be prevention and treatment.
Rehabilitation of communities victims of 2010 floods in Niamey, Tahoua, Dosso, Tillabery and Zinder Heavy rains that fell in Niger in August 2010 caused a lot of flooding which made River Niger burst its river bed. The flooding affected several areas namely Niamey region, Dosso, Tahoua, Tillabery and Zinder affecting a total of 31191 households (226611 persons) according to OCHA Niger September 2010 report and that of the Early Warning System Coordination body.  Floods also caused a lot destruction of properties such as destruction of houses, destruction of boreholes for drinking water, death/loss of livestock, loss of crops, seeds and harvests, etc. Faced with this disaster, the governemt and and the humanitarian organisations provided assistance to the affected people. CADEV with CAFOD financial support managed to reach out to 20 villages in Zinder and Niamey. CAFOD support comprised the provision of food stuff and treated mosquito nets.

The extent of the emergency was such that the provision of relief alone was not enough and therefore there was a need to look into the rehabilitation phase to help get the affected people out of the state in which they are currently living and recover from the negative effects of the disaster. The disaster caused loss of capacity to survive and cope as people lost their means of livelihood as gardens were swept away and so were agriculture tools and seeds, loss of small livestock and many times sale of livestock at throw-away prices in order to live. Some families find it very difficult to replace the lost livestock and will face food insecurity. The loss of agriculture means of production has also badly affected the production system causing food insecurity for the affected families. Those that lost their houses havent been able to rebuilt and this has made them more vulnerable.
CADEV proposed project targets 3119 vulnerable families and will cover three components namely the provision of shelter, the provision of mosquito nets and agriculture inputs in the areas targeted by this project. This project main objective is to contribute to the reduction of the impact of the 2010 floods on the affected people in Tillabery, Niamey, Dosso and Zinder.
Safeguarding engagement and training for the Clergy in Niger Parish Priests, Nuns, consecrated Laymen and church volunteers are key to the delivery of programs CAFOD is supporting the local CARITAS (CADEV) to develop and implement. They are the ones in constant contact with the community, playing a key role in needs identification, stakeholders engagement, program delivery, monitoring and sustainability and are the ones who remain when projects end.
In this capacity, they play a key role in the efficiency of programs and safeguarding of vulnerable women, men, boys and girls participating in our projects/programs. CAFOD has been contacted by the church leadership to provide support to this initiative, which is in alignment with the 2011 requirements by the Doctrinal Congregation.
This project aims to enhance safeguarding skills and capacity at parish level in order to reduce the likelihoods of incidents, strengthen trust with communities and strengthen the acceptance of projects/program we support.
Cotribution for prevention and reduction of malnutrition in Kokorou Commune, Tera 2018 Niger is among the poorest countries in the world, situated in the dry Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the least developed country in the world having consistently guarded the position of 187th / 187 of the UN Human development index list. Despite these efforts, Niger remains among the top five countries with the highest rates of child mortality in the region,  Malnutrition and other preventable childhood illnesses (notably malaria, acute respiratory infection, Diarrhoea and outbreaks of meningitis/measles) remain the primary causes of death among under five children. 
According to the latest SMART nutrition survey (2016), the national average for the prevalence of acute malnutrition in rural areas stood at 10,5 % for Global acute malnutrition, 8,4% for moderate acute malnutrition and 2,1% for severe acute malnutrition. Some variances remained across regions, with the Tillabery region scoring 7.2% for Global Acute Malnutrition, 6.6% for Moderate Acute Malnutrition and 0, 6% for Severe Acute Malnutrition in urban areas and of 9, 4 % for Global Acute Malnutrition, 7.4 % for Moderate Acute Malnutrition and 1.6% for Severe Acute Malnutrition. 
CAFOD supported CADEV  for implementation of Nutrition projects with BRACED as main project which ended in December 2017. Significant achievements were done through that project. CADEV requested an additional  support in order to develop further interventions that will focus on 5 health centres for a better sustainability of projects achievements.
Year III implementation activities of the Zaman Taré project CAFOD has obtained funding from the European Union for the implementation of a programme to promote tolerance, known as "ZAMAN TARE". This programme aims to strengthen multiculturalism and religious tolerance in Niger and Nigeria through various initiatives.
Contribution for prevention of malnutrition among under five children in Tera, Niger Niger is among the poorest country of the world located in the Sahel region.  Niger has the countries a low Human Development indices, the country is the 187 on the list of classification of 2016 Human Development Indices and for many years, the country has been occupying this potion. The country is struggling to overcome many obstacles that are hindering its development among the problems we can list the food insecurity crisis, high prevalence of acute malnutrition, high fertility rate and insufficient functioning of social services (health, education…)
 Tillabery region is the region where most of CAFOD and CADEV Niger interventions are implemented. Most of the interventions are directed toward health system strengthening, prevention of malnutrition as well as resilience building among the community members.  One of the major project is BRACED project implemented by a consortium of NGO and CAFOD has the responsibility for Nutrition and DRR intervention.  
The last nutrition smart survey (2016) revealed that the national prevalence of acute malnutrition in rural area is as follow:  Global acute malnutrition 10, 5 %, moderate acute malnutrition 8, 4 % and severe acute malnutrition 2, 1 % with some disparity across the country.   In Tillabery region, the prevalence of acute malnutrition for urban zone for GAM is 7.2 %, 6.6% for MAM and 0, 6% for SAM. For rural zone, the prevalence for GAM is 9, 4 %, 7, 4 % for MAM and 1, 6 for SAM. There was a significant improvement of the prevalence of acute malnutrition in the region compared to 2015. Humanitarian actors have contributed significantly in achieving that.
This project developed as complementary to BRACED project  (NIG059)  to  provide further support   for 10 Primary Health Care (Lemdou, Bankilare, Chatoumane, Pettelkole, Amarsingué, Zaneye, Fambita, Komabangou, Goundaye and Kokorou). This will help to enhance malnutrition prevention among community members
Youth empowerment Project in Fabidji, Harikanassou, Kargui-Bangou and Tibiri communities in Dosso The region of Dosso (Central West Niger) is characterized by a high population of youth, as 74.82% of its inhabitants are aged 30 years or less. Rampant unemployment, soil degradation and lack of basic social services increases the vulnerability of youths to intolerant and violent ideologies spread across other regions of the country and bordering regions of Nigeria. 
Once a relatively peaceful space, the region has experienced small scale violence as disadvantaged youths struggle and compete for resources and identity. Amid the rapidly changing situation in the Sahel and in Niger in particular, this situation if allowed to persist is likely to evolve into large scale crisis. 

This project aims to contribute t the local development of four communities in the region of Dosso, through the promotion of socio-economic and civic participation of youth. In intends to support youth with entrepreneurship initiatives and mentoring, civic education on peace, citizen participation and basic life skills.
Institutional support to CADEV Niger's Executive Secretariat For many years, Misereor has been funding CADEV Niger running costs. In 2011, they decided to reduce their funding and to have other CI/CIDSE members working with CADEV also contribute. This debate was also held in 2011 and 2013 in Paris where a formal agreement was not reached except to agree that each organisation could allow as much as 7% of Admin costs for CADEV Niger. CAFOD’s preference is to support running costs through projects. The three year budget submitted by CADEV is of €432493. The breakdown per year is Y1 (€143,472); Y2 (€139,510), Y3 (€149,511). Misereor is happy to make a contribution of 64% while CADEV need to find the 36% from other sister agencies. 
In 2012 CAFOD received a special request from the Archbishop to support a funding gap for their running costs and for solidarity reasons we supported this from an appeal fund (see NIG037). It was made clear that the support was exceptional and it would not be provided except through projects.  In October 2015 CAFOD received a request from the Archbishop of Niger to provide support to CADEV running cost to help cover the funding gap. Despite the fact that this does not really fall within CAFOD’s strategy , the need for funding CADEV Niger running costs was recognised. As a national Caritas, they play a very crucial coordination role. The current running costs will be funded by Misereor, CRS, CAFOD, Secours Catholique and Caritas Belgium. Due to budget constraint CAFOD will make a solidarity contribution of £10,000.
Project to improve health services, nutrition and immunization in the commune of Makalondi This project aims to support the activities of CADEV for the benefit of the communities of Tombole, Boni and Dogona in the municipality of Makalondi. It will focus on improving care services for children under the age of five and pregnant women and lactating women. To this end, it aims to improve access to the three health essentials: essential medicines, essential services and essential knowledge and practices. It will act both at Community level for prevention, and at the level of health training for curative care and preventive services.
Emergency Assistance to the victims of the 2016 floods in Tahoua and Agadez Region, Niger. This project aims to demonstrate solidarity among the Catholic Church in Niger generally and specifically towards CADEV Niger. It will provide emergency assistance to communities in several localities in Niger which are being hit hard by the floods provoked by heavy rainfall. The project aims to contribute to relief for 500 households affected by floods occurring in certain localities in Niger, particularly in the Maradi diocese such as the communes of Ingall, Dabaga, Agadez, and Tchirozérine in the administrative region of Agadex and the commune of Dogueraoua in the administrative region of Tahoua. 

The project specifically aims to:

-	Facilitate, through free distribution- access to food and non-food items to protect households affected by the 2016 floods.

-	Equip Ingall’s Integrated Health Centre (CSI) with medicine to treat and protect victims of the 2016 floods against illness.
Building Resilience through Asset Creation and Enhancement (Evaluation) Building Resilience through Asset Creation and Enhancement – Phase II (BRACE II) was a resilience and international climate finance programme that lasted from 2015 to 2023, funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The programme sought to increase the capacity of vulnerable households to cope with climate shocks and stresses, improve their food security and build better community relationships. This evaluation contract aimed to generate insights and lessons on programme effectiveness and sustainability as well as provide recommendations for future iterations.
SOC IF Research Expand FCDO efforts to tackle international serious and organized crime to increase stability and properity of our partners and the international system.
CTPF: Development of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Monitoring System Strengthen mechanisms and capabilities to manage results to enhance evidence-based programming decisions.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) Programme The Monitoring and Evaluation of Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) Programme MEL (SCALE MEL) programme is a component of SCALE which aims to improve the effectiveness of education financing in low and lower-middle income countries. The SCALE MEL programme provides services in both monitoring and evaluation of the SCALE programme to help build a strong evidence base for programme learning and accountability and assess the extent to which the design and implementation of the SCALE programme supports FCDO’s normative Pathway for Scaling Learning Outcomes.
Strategic Communications Support to CabMin, Kiev To strengthen the strategic communication capacity of the Cabinet Ministers
Good Governance Fund (GGF) Programme Management Unit (PMU) The GGF Managed Fund provides rapid, responsive, relevant technical assistance and capacity building support to Ukraine. 
The GGF programming framework sits within the wider policy framework of UK ODA. The primary object of the GGF is ‘to build resilience in Ukraine by providing support for domestic reform agendas which reduce corruption, promote transparent and accountable institutions, and build open, inclusive economies and societies. While other donors are active in Ukraine, there is a clear need identified by government partners, other key stakeholders, and donors, for fast, responsive, flexible technical and other assistance to unblock reform. 
GGF has the capacity, structures, and operating model to allow the Managed Fund to decisively step in to respond to reform opportunities and complement the larger programmes of other donors. Many donors’ programmes operate over longer time periods and cannot rapidly adjust to changing priorities. 
The GGF is designed to respond to these evolving priorities, step in rapidly, scale up or scale down as necessary, and focus on delivering with a view to securing longer term support from donors with larger budgets.