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Mali

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Since 2013, COOPI has been intervening in Mali in the Mopti and Ségou regions, which have some of the highest levels of child malnutrition in the Sahel and an alarming incidence of human rights violations.

Our results in the country

Areas of intervention :
Areas of intervention:
Water and Sanitation Protection Health Food Security Nutrition Security Economic development
7 projects
86% emergency
693,352

direct beneficiaries

3

Expat workers

56

Local workers

Areas of intervention:
Areas of intervention:
Water and Sanitation Migration Protection Health Food Security Nutrition Security Economic development
56 projects
5% development
95% emergency
6,032,908

direct beneficiaries

COOPI presence in Mali 

Mali is experiencing one of the worst multi-dimensional crises in the Sahel which began in 2012, the northern regions and then spread to the centre of the country through conflict, leading to massive displacement of the population, abandoning their fields, livestock and other possessions.

Since 2013, COOPI has been working in the Ségou and Mopti regions, which have some of the highest levels of child malnutrition in the Sahel. Here, human rights violations are alarming, particularly against children, who are often recruited by armed groups. Despite the various interventions carried out by COOPI in these regions, which have saved lives, humanitarian needs continue to exist.

In 2022, the conflict in Ukraine and the blocking of cereal imports further exacerbated the food crisis in the country. In response to the deep food crisis and humanitarian emergency in these regions, COOPI is involved in several areas of intervention, promoting the fight against malnutrition, supporting health centres, improving access to medical care, protecting children against violations of their rights and offering psychosocial support to victims of abuse and violence.

In 2022, COOPI included the district of Bamako in its activities, with interventions in entrepreneurship for young people and women.

COOPI in Mali today

Humanitarian crisis rapid response mechanisms, protection, health and mental health, and malnutrition countering are the main strands of COOPI's intervention in Mali.

Here COOPI ensures access to health and nutrition services and provides psychosocial support to displaced people, refugees, migrants, and host communities with a special focus on the most vulnerable: pregnant and lactating women, children, the disabled, and the elderly.

COOPI works in Mali alongside government institutions to ensure a response to the growing needs related to the context of vulnerability. The commitment of local and national staff has grown over the years to address the country's difficulties.

Main sectors of intervention today

In response to the food crisis that has been affecting the country for years and the urgent needs of the most vulnerable populations, COOPI is promoting nutritional security in Mali by intervening on multiple fronts:

  • access to free medical and nutritional care at health centers and multipurpose mobile teams
  • awareness campaigns on good practices in breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding (ANJE), food diversification techniques
  • newborn screening for malnutrition and training on brachial perimeter measurement
  • distribution of medical equipment at health centers
  • training of community actors and health staff in management, administrative and financial skills
  • sensitization of mothers, community actors and community relay staff on prevention of spread, control and management of Covid-19 infections
2024
1

project

74,695

beneficiaries

The number of migrants and displaced persons in Mali has increased significantly in recent years, and with that, the number of unaccompanied or separated minors at risk of being recruited by armed groups. COOPI promotes protection interventions in the country targeting migrants and displaced persons and host communities with a focus on the protection of minors. COOPI serves as a point of reference in the response to and prevention of violations of children's rights, helping to strengthen Malian community child protection mechanisms by adopting a participatory and gender-sensitive approach.

COOPI promotes Protection activities in Mali on multiple levels:

  • temporary assistance services, accompaniment for family reunification and reintegration solutions in communities of origin for vulnerable and/or unaccompanied children and minors;
  • monitoring, verification and documentation of serious violations of children's rights committed by armed groups;
  • recreational and psychosocial activities at the local level;
  • capacity building of local authorities;
  • support in the management of transit centers for migrants and unaccompanied minors;
  • promotion of mental health at the community and individual level ("case management"), with awareness-raising and training of health professionals, community focal points and advocacy with institutions;
  • monitoring of violence and gross violations of children's rights.
2024
1

project

34,525

beneficiaries

Since 2012, Mali has been facing a profound humanitarian crisis, with the adverse effects of climate change. To meet the urgent health needs of the most vulnerable populations, COOPI is providing health care at several levels:

  • support for health centers through multi-purpose mobile teams;
  • awareness campaigns on antenatal care, obstetric and neonatal care, vaccinations, hiv, tuberculosis (tb), and malaria;
  • hiv and tb screening with free treatment services;
  • distribution of medical equipment to health centers;
  • implementation of the health surge approach in healthcare facilities;
  • support for strategies aimed at improving immunization coverage;
  • management of obstetric and neonatal emergencies;
  • training for healthcare workers and community stakeholders on mental health and psychosocial support.
2024
3

projects

542,120

beneficiaries

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COOPI development in Mali

COOPI's priority areas of intervention in the near future in Mali will remain:

  • Protection by strengthening assistance to women victims of gender-based violence, unaccompanied minors victims of abuse and the armed conflicts, while promoting awareness raising, training and capacity building activities.In addition, reinforcing the care of children, their reunification with their families, socioeconomic, educational and professional reintegration through transit and orientation centers and with their host families.
  • Nutrition through strengthening community health centers and activities to prevent and take charge of cases of malnutrition.
  • Health, ensuring access to basic care for newly displaced IDPs;
  • Mental health and psychosocial support, reinforcing community knowledge on self-care, first-level IASC pyramid intake and referral systems for higher levels. Special emphasis will be placed on social cohesion and in countering the stigma of mental illness and psychosocial difficulties. In addition, action will be taken on strengthening the skills of health workers on level 2 mental health issues and psychosocial support.
  • Youth and women's entrepreneurship: by supporting young entrepreneurs (unemployed graduates, returning migrants) and women's groups through training and the provision of start-up kits and coaching.
  • Water and Hygiene: through ATPC, Wash in schools, social intermediation around water points and Wash in health care settings.
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Nutritional security (co-lead in the Bandiagara region) - Child protection and welfare - Health - Food security - Operational framework for mental health - GBV working group - GTAH (Humanitarian Action Working Group) - FONGIM (Mali INGO Forum) - MEAL working group

Association of Community Health (ASACO) - Local Child Protection Committees (CLPE) - Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Promotion of Women, Children and Families (DRPFEF) - Regional Directorate of Health (DRS) - Djenné Health District - Municipalities

AMSODE • ARCADE Santé PLUS

CRS • LVIA • Mercy Corps • TAMAT • TdH Switzerland • VIS

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