COOPI presence in Mali 

Mali is among the most affected countries in the multidimensional crisis sweeping the Sahel.

Since 2012, it has been ravaged by ongoing clashes in the northern and central regions that have forced people to abandon fields and livestock and contributed to a massive movement of internally displaced people.

Since 2013, in Mali COOPI has been intervening 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, especially against children, who are often recruited by armed groups.

In 2022, the food crisis worsened further, exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine and the blockade of grain imports. To cope with the deep food crisis and humanitarian emergency in these regions, COOPI has identified projects to combat malnutrition, providing support to health centers to improve access to medical care and child protection, monitoring violations of children's rights, and providing psychosocial support to victims of abuse and violence as among its various areas of intervention.

In 2022 COOPI integrated the Bamako district into these actions with interventions in youth and women's entrepreneurship.

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.