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Our vision is of a Mali where every child benefits from all their rights

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UNICEF in Mali works with partners towards the following five goals:

Every child survives and thrives: ensuring that all children and adolescents have good health, wellbeing and reach their full potential;
Every child learns: providing early, quality and inclusive education for every girl and every boy in Mali, so that they can reach their full potential;
Every child is protected from violence and exploitation: improving policies and services that protect children and making Mali a safe place for all children;
Every child lives in a safe and clean environment: protecting every child from exploitation, violence and abuse and providing access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene;
Every child has an equitable chance in life: promoting investment in children through effective policies and inclusive social protection programmes.

These goals span the complete life cycle of the child from before birth, through infancy, childhood and into adolescence.

UNICEF works across all sectors in support of a Mali where all children, particularly the most vulnerable, benefit from all their rights

UNICEF in Mali works both upstream, providing policy support and technical assistance to the Government of Mali in its efforts to create an enabling environment for child rights; and downstream to support programmes and interventions to strengthen social services for the most vulnerable children.

UNICEF supports Mali’s current development framework — Cadre Stratégique pour la Relance Economique et le Développement Durable (CREDD 2019-2023) — and works in close collaboration with the Government, at all levels, as well as with civil society and NGOs throughout the country. UNICEF also coordinates closely with other UN agencies to implement the UNSDCF (UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2020-2024) and in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, with a vision of leaving no-one behind.

In 2020, the new Country Programme of UNICEF and its partners, which supports the new CREDD and the Sustainable Development Goals, takes effect. Key priorities of the new Country Programme include the strengthening of the life cycle approach, a stronger focus on the four Key Results for Children, and added emphasis on the second decade of life and on specific challenges for adolescent girls.

UNICEF believes that a common vision and effective partnerships are key to achieving sustainable results for children. In addition to providing technical assistance, policy support and service modelling to the Government of Mali, UNICEF works with a wide range of national and local partners and implements joint initiatives with other UN agencies.

Our work in Mali

Aichata Togo 15 ans en salle de classe lors des examens du DEF. Le respect des mesures barrières notamment le port du masque est obligatoire. Grace au soutien de l’UNICEF et de ses partenaires, les enfants ont pu retrouver le chemin de l’école pour passer leurs examens de fin d’année ou poursuivre le programme scolaire 2019-2020 dans des conditions respectant les mesures barrières. En effet, avec l’appui de l’UNICEF et de ses partenaires, le Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale a pu fournir les dispositifs

Education

Harnessing children’s potential through quality education for every child

Fatoumata Bocoum, 13, from Dialangou village, used to miss entire school days waiting for an old water pump to be repaired in her village. Today, there's a new UNICEF water pump next to her school. "We're so happy to have the new water pump. We'll have clean drinking water and our village will be even cleaner.

Child Protection

Creating change for Mali’s most vulnerable children

Assana Coulibaly, 9 years, has been integrated into Nankorola village school, in the circle of Koutiala with a 2 years later than she should have started school. Thanks to ONG RAC support and the School Management Committee of his village, she is preparing to start her second grade. “I learned at my first grade that handwashing with water and soap can protect us from disease, so now I do it regularly”. Thanks to the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UNICEF and NGO partner RAC ha

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Improving children’s lives through clean water and clean environments

Les jumeaux Fousseyni et Awa, sont nés un 19 décembre 2019, avec respectivement un poids de 1500 et 1400 g. « Aujourd’hui ils ont 8 mois et pèsent chacun plus de 6kg. Awa est joyeuse et aime qu’on joue avec elle. Fousseyni lui, il a du caractère mais est très éveillé et a déjà commencé à gazouiller », déclare leur maman Ina, heureuse de voir ses jumeaux grandir en bonne santé.

Child survival

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.

Humanitarian Response

Responding to increasing humanitarian needs

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

Cross-cutting programmes

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

4 Key Results for Children

UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Office has identified eight Key Results for Children (KRC) that will accelerate progress towards the realization of the rights of the child in the region. From these, UNICEF has selected four priority KRCs for Mali: increasing coverage of immunization, the prevention of malnutrition, improving learning outcomes, and prevention of child marriage.