It is not just since the international deployment of UN peacekeepers in northern Mali that the West African nation has been in crisis. Back in the spring of 2012, the government was overthrown and armed groups took power in the north of the country. Hundreds of thousands fled the region during the unrest. Welthungerhilfe also had to cease its work in the north due to the precarious security situation. Welthungerhilfe is monitoring the current developments in Mali and remains in close contact with its partners there.
The project work in the southern Niger Delta is still possible and is being continued. Mobile schools are being supported to enable nomadic children in the regions of Mopti and Ségou to attend school. They have been so well adopted by the nomadic population that 20 new mobile schools are planned.