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KEY FIGURES

395
Urban refugee children received financial assistance to access primary school education.

481
Returned refugees, IDPs, IDP returnees and host community members received vouchers to support their agricultural activities in Mopti region.

9
Classrooms located in zones of return were restored in the districts of Timbuktu and Goundam to help children return to school.

FUNDING

USD 49.2 million
requested for the operation

PRIORITIES

• 850 Malian IDP returnee households targeted to receive adequate and durable shelter

• 6,000 Malian refugee returnees targeted to receive a one-time cash-based assistance

• 2,500 Mauritanian refugees and local community members targeted to receive improved access to potable water

• 1,000 refugee children targeted to receive educational support

HIGHLIGHTS

• On 30 September, UNHCR participated in the inaugural meeting of the Tripartite Commission between the Republic of Mali, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and UNHCR on the voluntary return of Malian refugees living in Mauritania. The meeting adopted the rules of procedure and put in place a technical working group.

• UNHCR’s partner, Association Malienne pour la Survie du Sahel (AMSS), identified 58 protection incidents in the regions of Gao and Timbucktu. Five survivors of sexual violence were referred to partners for psycho-social and medical support.

• 19 sensitization campaigns on social cohesion and peaceful coexistence organized by UNHCR’s partner, AMSS, reached 450 returnees and host community members in the regions of Gao and Timbuktu.