Mali: Helping displaced families land on their feet

By Amadou Kané and Ibrahima Koné

Few people open their homes to strangers. Even fewer share their scarce resources to help those strangers rebuild their lives. Aly Guindo, 65, not only opened his home to displaced families in Socoura, in Mali’s Bandiagara Region, but he also shared his land to help them earn a living.

Guindo hosted eight displaced families through the Jigi Tugu (Building Hope) project, which provided hosts like him and vulnerable people with the tools and training to engage in sustainable agriculture. Funded by OCHA’s Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa and implemented by non-governmental organizations CARE Mali and YA-G-TU, the project empowered displaced people with income-generating activities.

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