Towards a more sustainable future in the Sahel Region

Towards a more sustainable future in the Sahel Region
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A woman from a village near Niamey, Niger, sharing her everyday struggles and hopes the Community Action Project for Climate Resilience will be a game-changer in her children's lives. © Erick Kaglan, World Bank
Traveling in the Sahel region, I have seen how conflict, poverty, natural disasters, and climate change are reversing the region's development path and magnifying people's mass displacement and food insecurity. I have also seen hope and resilience and an opportunity for us as an institution to make a  difference.
One year ago – in February 2020 – I visited communities in the Sahel and heard about residents' everyday struggles and their incredible stories of resilience in the face of adversity.  I remember a woman in particular from a village near Niamey, Niger. She showed me her hands, marked by a lifetime of hard work, and told me that she didn't want her children to experience those same hardships. This Nigérienne expressed hope that the community project we were supporting would be a game-changer for them. Shortly after that, the COVID-19 pandemic descended on Niger. I was saddened to learn that Issaka Assane Karanta, the Niamey Capital District Governor who accompanied me on that visit caught the virus and passed away a month ago.

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