Blog: Field visit to Niger and Chad (14-17 July, 2016) - Hoofdinhoud

Being on the ground to assess the situation first had. Climate change, extreme poverty and conflict are threatening the lives of people in Niger and Chad. A displaced woman who fled the horrors of Boko Haram told me: "where there is education there is no crsis". Education is a shield against radicalization.

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Discussion with local communities and children in Niger.

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At a health center in Zinder, Niger. Almost 2 million children under 5 are suffering from acute mulnutrition.

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We need to invest in the furure of communities and the children.

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Resilience building is at the core of our actions.

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Visit to Lake Chad basin. We stand by the people affected by Boko Haram violence.

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Visited Chadian returnees who fled the conflict in the Central African Republic.

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Lake Chad is at the top of the EU agenda.

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