conflict prevention-strengthening social Strengthening of resilience and social cohesion in the border areas of Niger and Chad #RECOSOC#
The project contributes to a commonintervention logic of the Emergency Program for all the intervention zones in the 5 countries targeted by the program. Through thisaction, we plan to improve food and nutritional security as well as social cohesion in the most fragile regions of Niger and Chad, taking particular account of the dynamics of conflict in order to fit into a consolidation approach. Peace. Two specific objectives contribute to achieving this objective, in particular:
SO 1: Strengthen the livelihoods of agricultural and pastoral populations by building sustainable and structural resilience to food and nutrition insecurity.
SO 2:: Improve socialcohesion and the management ofcommunity conflicts linked to natural resources in Niger and Chad.
Based on initial conflict and gender sensitive analyzes, the action will put in place a minimum multisectoral package which will contribute
i. To the improvement of acute malnutrition through the screening of children under five from the intervention communes, accompanied by an intervention strategy promoting the involvement of communities in the search for durable solutions for the prevention of malnutrition
ii. To cover immediate food needs through the distribution of unconditional and conditional cash (CFW / CFL) and emergency input support, which will enable households to improve food intake and avoid adopting harmful coping strategies and protectingtheir livelihoods
iii. Increase in income and food availability within households through support for production / livelihoods and support for access to small capital through creation / support of VSLA groups
iv. To the adoption of good practices through systematic awareness raising on hygiene, IYCF and AME, gender equity, promotion of the registration of newborns, climate change and culture peace
v. Social cohesion through support for spaces for dialogue / consultation at the municipal and departmental levels and the promotion of citizen participation
The action will intervene with the most vulnerable and most affected by displacement, will take into account the specific needs of these areas and will improve theliving conditions of the populationsof the villages that are part of these 9 communes, through the implementation of place of a package of multisectoral interventions. In view of current needs, the first year will focus on the delivery of a package of urgent measures which will cover basicfood needs, and which will offer income opportunities in the very short term, "quick wins" which will be implemented. place it as soon as possible. The quick wins will also be supplemented by malnutrition management activities and measures to strengthen livelihoods in the medium and long term (guaranteeing balanced support between agriculture, fishing or pastoralism in good management and sharing of natural resources). The combination of emergency activities and more structuring multisectoral support will allow rapid impact by laying the foundations for the progressive reduction of poverty and vulnerability conditions.
In addition, the establishment of social safety nets will strengthen the resilience of very poor people to cope with rising food prices andcontribute to improving household livelihoods. The immediate impact is that target households will increase their food consumption and their ability to acquire food and production inputs from markets. The medium- to long-term impact is that beneficiaries(i) will be able to protect and invest in their livelihood assets; (ii) have a more sustainable source of food and income; and (iii) will have a better capacity to manage their resources. These households will be identified through the HEA criteria and harmonized questionnaires. Each beneficiary household will receive an average of 32,500 FCFA (Niger) / 36,000 FCFA (Chad) monthly, taking into account the size of the household, for 3 months. The objective is the transfer of investments through farm recovery activities to allow households to access production inputs and farm preparation but also the transfer of protection to allow households to meet the reimbursement of their debts, to reduce the sale of agricultural production, to constitute a minimum insurance in the event of production failure or part of production due to the vagaries of the weather.