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Youth participation in the Central Sahel response - Key results, November 2023

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Introduction

As part of Plan International's humanitarian response in the Central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger), which includes youth engagement activities, a survey was carried out to find out how much young people know about the crisis, how involved they are in the response, and to take their suggestions into account.

Key results

  • Young people in the Central Sahel are overwhelmingly affected by the crisis, whether they are related to people displaced/affected by attacks, displaced themselves, or suffering the effects of the crisis on their employment, purchasing power, or education.

  • Young people in Burkina Faso are more directly affected by the crisis and more involved in the response than those in Mali and Niger.

  • Young people in the Central Sahel are all aware that their country is going through a crisis but have a moderate understanding of it, and almost all of them would like to be more/better informed.

  • They would like to respond more actively to the crisis, mainly through information and awareness-raising actions, forming associations, and organising collections and fundraising campaigns.

  • The majority of young people feel they need training and capacity-building, better information on the crisis, as well as financial support and equipment to enable them to play a greater part in the response.