Overview
CARE supported drought and conflict-affected communities in the Sahel region of West Africa—in Mali, Chad, Niger, Cameroon—during the previous food crisis in 2011-2012. At the beginning of 2013, CARE scaled up its response when conflict in northern Mali led to nearly half a million people displaced both inside Mali and in neighbouring countries.
This year, more than 20 million people are food insecure across the region; one in eight inhabitants suffers from food insecurity; and 4.8 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition. The region also hosts approximately 724,000 refugees and 495,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
CARE is scaling up its efforts once again to come to the aid of those most in need.