Niger is affected by structural vulnerabilities that impact not only access to education for millions of children, but also the quality of education. In this context, COOPI is intervening in the country with two ECHO-funded projects to ensure children and adolescents' right to education, especially children displaced by armed conflict.

Among them, the project Facilitating the integration of children and adolescents affected by the humanitarian crisis into a safe and protective education system in Niger being carried out in Tahoua since May 2022 with a 2 year-duration, has seen humanitarian workers engaged in the renovation of classrooms in 15 elementary schools in Bangui and Sabon Guida municipalities and 7 elementary schools in Takanamat municipality, precisely to improve educational provision by facilitating access to schools in an area populated with high numbers of displaced people. This allows the schools to be sufficiently prepared to accommodate both children from indigenous communities and those resulting from forced displacement, enabling their integration into an inclusive, safe and protective school system. 

Finally, COOPI is part of the Consortium with Save the Children, Concern Worldwide, and the Norwegian Refugee Council to implement the Rapid and Continuous Integrated Response in Education, Child Protection and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for children in emergency situations in the Sahel - 2nd phase project. The Sahel region is indeed affected by a major security crisis, which led to the closure of more than 8,000 schools in 2021 and more than 1 million children in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali in need of assistance and humanitarian aid.

After the success of the first phase of the project, COOPI, together with its local, national and international partners, launched the second phase in July 2023, which has a duration of 2 years. With this, the consortium aims to strengthen the resilience, well-being, and learning achievements of girls and boys affected by crises in the Sahel region through an integrated approach in the areas of education in emergency, child protection and mental health, and psychosocial support.

46,973 Nigerian children affected by the crisis are benefiting from the project, resuming their studies in an environment that, thanks in part to national partner Wan Nawanan, is protective and inclusive, and offers quality education.