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

Humanitarian Response

Responding to increasing humanitarian needs

Abdrahamane (1 year old), a displaced child, eats plumpynut at the mobile clinic offering multiple services (vaccination, detection and follow-up of malnutrition cases, prenatal consultation, detection, follow-up of malaria cases, etc.) on the BAWA site intended to displaced persons. Here, in a tent used as a waiting room for mobile clinic services. Nearly 3,000 displaced people, more than half of whom are children, have fled violence, conflict and/or food insecurity to find refuge at this Bawa IDP site.

07 October 2023

More than 8,000 displaced children in an emergency situation

UNICEF and its partners are mobilizing to fight malnutrition and preserve children’s rights.

Fatoumata , 15 ans, est inscrit à l’école fondamentale de Kidal et est en classe de 5ème année. A cause de la maltraitance de sa marâtre, elle a quitté le domicile familial pour se retrouver comme aide-ménagère auprès des groupes armées. Après sept mois passés, elle a retrouvé une vie normale grâce à l’intervention de l’UNICEF et son partenaire l’ONG Solidarité pour le Sahel (SOLISA).

31 December 2021

Humanitarian Situation Report 2021

UNICEF is responding the complex humanitarian emergency and the #COVID19 pandemic in Mali through our life cycle approach including nutrition, health, WASH,

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Humanitarian Situation Report 2021 (PDF, 1 MB)

Ismail, a young shepherd originally from Niger, writes his wish for his future, “To go back to my home,” at the UNICEF-supported shelter for unaccompanied minors where he is recovering.

Children Under Attack Report

Stories of children affected by the crisis in Mali

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Children Under Attack Report (PDF, 4 MB)

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

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.

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

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.

Far from home but ready for school

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

Ismail, a young shepherd originally from Niger, lost his leg when he was tending to his animals with his brother and was caught up in an air strike. “I blacked out,” says Ismail. “I don't remember what happened. All I remember was them firing on us and our animals.” With the support of UNICEF, NGOs and local authorities, he is now recovering at a shelter for unaccompanied minors in Bamako.

Boy interrupted

Ismail followed his flock into Mali and got caught in a crisis

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

Children Under Attack

The current crisis in Mali has profoundly disrupted the lives of millions of children.