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Assan Diarra (not her real name) 15 years old who escaped early marriage and who was also victim of excision with his mother Oumou Cissé, city of Sikasso, Sikasso Region, Republic of Mali, December 2019

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“Now, I do not cut my children”

A film is getting parents in Mali to reconsider Female Genital Mutilation and child marriage as they learn the damaging consequences for their daughters

Tenin Ballo (not his real name), 15, escaped early marriage thanks to the intervention of her school principal.

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“Go see my father: they intend to give me in marriage”

Child marriage is still common throughout Mali, but determined community leaders are asserting girls’ rights

Seybou, a 12-year-old displaced boy from Mopti, talks to UNICEF Child Protection Specialist Boulkassoum Cissé in front of a Child-Friendly Space in Gao, northern Mali.

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Rebuilding childhoods after trauma

Sekou becomes wistful when I ask him about his village. “Before, things were good. At night, we’d sit around the campfire and tell stories with our parents.

Chatou Dembele 6 months old, eats porridge enriched with micronutrient powder. Despite being the breadbasket of the country, the Sikasso region has the highest rate of stunting in Mali. One out of three children is stunted. Sikasso, August 2019.

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A magical powder for the children of Sikasso

Despite being the breadbasket of the country, Sikasso region has the highest rate of stunting in all of Mali

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

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What we do

A girl writing on the blackboard

Harnessing children’s potential through quality education for every child

A girl dressed for a wedding.

Creating change for Mali’s most vulnerable children

Child Protection

A girl drinking water from a water point

Improving children’s lives through clean water and clean environments

Water, sanitation and hygiene

A happy child

Giving every child a fair chance to survive and thrive

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

Responding to increasing humanitarian needs

Humanitarian Response

A group of back-to-school children ambassadors in Mopti

Enabling children and adolescents to unlock the door to prosperity, peace and development

Cross-cutting programmes