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Dans la région de Mopti au centre, le taux de la malnutrition aigüe sévère augmente, Il y’a quelques jours, Aïssata Kanitao 6 mois était presque mourante, mais aujourd‘hui grâce aux aliments thérapeutiques, elle retrouve petit à petit le sourire. Aïssata Kanitao est en train de prendre sa dose de Plumpy'Nut . Les aliments thérapeutiques sauvent des vies et les communautés se mobilisent de plus en plus pour prévenir la malnutrition grâce à l’appui de l’UNICEF à travers son partenaire ECHO.

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Responding to every need

In Mali’s central region of Mopti, little Aissata is recovering from malnutrition so severe, it nearly cost her her life.

Screening of Djeneba Bouare 19 months of severe acute malnutrition at the CSCOM Boussin located a few kilometers from his village. Thanks to the therapeutic foods offered by UNICEF and her partner DFID, she is starting to get healthy again. Village of Samabougou, municipality of Boussin, Region of Segou, Republic of Mali, October 2019.

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Bringing hope to the most vulnerable

Malnutrition rates remain high among children in the most food insecure areas of Mali. But ready-to-use therapeutic food is saving lives

A girl who lost members of her familly during attack of their village

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Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF

Aminata, a displaced girl, was hit by a bullet as she tried to flee the village of Ogossagou when it was attacked in March 2019. "We started to run into the darkness and as we were running my mother was shot,” Aminata says. “I ran back to help her, and I was shot in the leg.” Aminata is now in a displacement camp in Sévaré, where UNICEF, local authorities and partners have set up clean water systems, tents for shelters and a temporary learning space where children can learn and play games.

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A shattered life, slowly on the mend

Escalating violence in Mali’s Mopti region has displaced tens of thousands of people. Children are becoming the primary victims

Hamadou drawing the horror he faces

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I just want to find my father

Like many children affected by the increase in violence in central Mali, Hamadou* had to flee from a raid on his village.

Leila, a girl from the volatile central region of Mopti, became one of the more than 70,000 children internally displaced in Mali when she had to flee her village during an attack. “We just heard men shouting and screaming and we heard lots of gunfire,” she says. “We ran, and as I looked back I saw everything burning.” UNICEF and the UN family are working with local authorities and NGOs to assist displaced children by providing shelter, temporary learning spaces, health services and psychosocial support.

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Far from home but ready for school

Leila’s village was attacked and her family fled for their lives, leaving behind everything she knew

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Creating change for Mali’s most vulnerable children

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Fatoumata* and Aichata*, both 12, hold hands at a newly created displacement site in Sevare.

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