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Between January 2023 and June 2025, Project 21 consulted 36,430 families and 29,316 communities across the Sahel and Lake Chad Regions. Based on testimonies from those affected by displacement and other humanitarian challenges, Project 21 wishes to deliver the following evidence-based insights and tailored messages to inform the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM). This content positions “Protection” –defined as all actions ensuring full respect for individual rights under international law, including dignity, prevention of abuse and support for recovery– as central to humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts. The messages address mainly the thematic priority of Protection and International Humanitarian Law (IHL), but also broader items: (1) Humanitarian Space; (2) Effectiveness of the Response; (3) Fragility & Nexus.