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This Emergency Appeal seeks 1,680,731 Swiss francs to support the Niger Red Cross Society (NRCS) to assist some 43,113 people for 12 months in Diffa region, which has been experiencing an unprecedented civil unrest and serious humanitarian emergency as a result of armed group activities in the north of Nigeria as well as in Niger. Based on the ongoing situation and need to reinforce weakened local capacities in Diffa, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and NRCS aim to contribute to epidemic prevention and strengthening the health and nutritional status of the population at risk in three districts of the Diffa region (Diffa centre, Maine Soroa and Goudoumaria), through awareness raising sessions, malnutrition screening and referrals, community-based disease surveillance, water, sanitation and hygiene activities as well as maternal and neonatal health.

The Emergency Appeal and revised country operational plan link are logically linked and planned to complement each other as they include similar set of Areas of Focus while the Strategies for Implementation are overarching guiding principles. Although both are being implemented over the same period, the COP is a multi-year plan and it grows naturally based on the performance and successes, focused on longerterm needs, including building DRR capacity and livelihood and food security. On the other hand, the Emergency Appeal is being launched and meant to cover a specific, fixed time frame to meet immediate needs in three districts in Diffa.The Emergency Appeal and COP target different people in different geographical areas with separate but complementary areas of intervention (see map).