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Sno: The RISE Project Launched to Bolster Resilience in Burkina Faso and Niger

Ouagadougou: The Secretary General of the Sahel Region, Auguste Kinda, launched the project to strengthen resilience and support integrated emergency situations, known as RISE, on Friday in Dori. The project aims to improve the response to affected communities and enhance their capacity to adapt to recurrent crises.

According to Burkina Information Agency, the implementation of the RISE project will be carried out by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), leading a consortium with the Regional Council of Sahel Unions (CRUS) and the NGO ALIMA. NRC zone manager, Amadou Maga, stated that the intervention will cover the communes of Markoye, Gorom-Gorom, Dori, and Seytenga in Burkina Faso, as well as Tra and Ayorou in Niger. The partner organizations aim to combine their expertise to provide a multidimensional response to the needs of internally displaced people and host communities, who often face limited access to essential services. The project is financed by the Regional Fund for the Sahel, amounting to 2.6 billion CFA francs.

According to Mr. Maga, the RISE project is an integrated intervention covering several priority areas, including protection, health, nutrition, and food security. Over a period of 22 months, the project plans to assist more than 200,000 vulnerable people. The Regional Council of Sahel Unions (CRUS) will significantly contribute to the food security component, supporting 690 households through food distribution, establishing agricultural facilities for market gardening, reviving pastoral activities by reconstituting livestock, and strengthening the organizational and economic capacities of beneficiaries.

For its part, the NGO ALIMA will provide health and nutrition services in health facilities. This division of responsibilities aims to optimize the project's impact and ensure coherent coverage of the identified needs in the field.

Launching the RISE project, Mr. Kinda praised the commitment of the NRC-led consortium and reaffirmed the regional administration's readiness to support initiatives aimed at improving the living conditions of the populations of the Sahel, which have been severely affected by insecurity and successive humanitarian crises. He emphasized that this project is a significant opportunity to strengthen community resilience and offer new hope to affected households.