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REGIONAL SUMMARY
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In FY 2023, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) provided more than $69.5 million to partner organizations in West Africa conducting early recovery, risk reduction, and resilience (ER4) activities in five countries and throughout the region. USAID/BHA funding addressed the impact of protracted complex emergencies, food insecurity, and climatic shocks, including floods and recurrent drought, on vulnerable populations.
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Multi-year Resilience Food Security Activities (RFSAs) continued to bolster food security and local resilience in the Central Sahel—a region comprising Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—through multi-sector interventions during FY 2023. The USAID/BHA-supported Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE II) program includes RFSA programs in Burkina Faso and Niger aiming to foster more effective governance, improve health outcomes, increase access to water and other natural resources, promote economic development, and empower women and young people to be a force for positive change in their communities.
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In Niger, USAID/BHA provided nearly $45 million in FY 2023 funding to three international nongovernmental organization (INGO) partners and the UN World Food Program (WFP) to continue to implement multi-year activities designed to sustainably improve food security, nutrition, and resilience among vulnerable populations by supporting agriculture, livelihoods, maternal and child health care, and women’s empowerment.