Niger

Niger has more than 22 million inhabitants for a surface area of 1,267,000 km2. The country is one of the poorest in the world: with an HDI of 0.400, it ranks 189th out of 191, and remains one of the most unstable countries in the region. Since 1987, MAP has carried out several projects in the country, starting with the construction of the “Prince Albert Dispensary”, then a mother-child annex, in an underprivileged area of Agadez, isolated from any health service, which will be designated by UNICEF as the official distribution point for essential medicines for the entire north of the country. Several projects followed, such as the construction of a Child and Maternal Protection Centre in Kiota in 1998, a large school complex for 1,200 pupils in 1999, the drilling of wells and the purchase of livestock to enable nomadic families to remain independent. With the support and monitoring of our trusted local coordinator, Mr. Aghali Abdou, several projects to develop market gardens and a cattle farm in these desert regions have been carried out with great success, and remain recurrent to this day, all the more so in the context of the prevailing climate emergency. MAP has had strong links with the country since 1985, through several key projects such as the construction of schools, mainly in the north, the drilling of drinking water wells and helping widows through training in hairdressing, embroidery, sewing and childcare.