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A girl drinking water from a water point

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Improving children’s lives through clean water and clean environments

Aminata avce sa fille au marche de Kayes

CPD-2020-2024

Country Programme of Cooperation 2020-2024

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Un enfant de Mopti decouvrant la pompe d'eau de son village

Water is life, health, cleanliness, happiness, wealth!

Beautiful photos of children enjoying access to clean water

Mariam Diakité is a 7th grade student at the Kalabambougou B basic school. Through the girl's club of which she is a member, she raises questions related to their health and well-being with her school friends in order to reduce the dropout rate of girls in school.

Totally committed to keeping girls in school, no matter what

Through the creation of a youth club, the issue of reproductive health is no longer a barrier to girls' education.

Salif Dembélé president of the CSCom and community relay, during a door-to-door awareness session, in order to sensitize households on the importance of washing their hands with soap and promoting good hygiene practices. Village of Soungoumba, rural commune of Koningué, Sikasso region, Mali, October 2019

Sougoumba, between hope and well-being!

In Sikasso, the impact of Community-Led Total Sanitation is now visible to the naked eye

Mawa Berthe 12 years old, pupil in 6th grade at the Soungoumba basic school. In the rural commune of Soungoumba, around twenty villages have signed up to a new approach called Total Sanitation Led by the communities. This community-led dynamic has spilled over and is a real hope for the survival and development of each child. Village of Soungoumba, rural commune of Koningué, region of Sikasso, Mali.

Hygiene at the heart of communities

A model community endorses good hygiene and sanitation practices in Sikasso

Portrait of Ada Diagayété, 12, a girl whose family was displaced due to increasing insecurity in central Mali. Official IDP camp of Socoura in the town of Sévaré, Mopti region, in central Mali, April 2019.

Every piece matters

Thanks to clean water, new latrines and lessons on hygiene, UNICEF and partners are ensuring displaced children in Mopti are safe from water-borne diseases

Children in Walirde school, Sevare, Mopti, Central Mali.

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Un enfant joyeux

Our Partners

UNICEF thanks all partners working to ensure the rights and wellbeing of children in Mali

Alou Keïta, 11 years old, student in grade 6, is child ambassador of the new school year. With his friends, he takes a canoe to go to the other side of the Niger River to sensitize parents.

Where we work

UNICEF works across Mali to improve children’s lives