Impact stories

Niger is facing major floods since the beginning of the rainy season

Fati is a mother of 8 in Niger. She struggled to provide for her family until she became involved with a local Village Savings and Loan (VSL) group. After developing skills in leadership, business, and manufacturing, she began an import and export…

Rakiétou Hassane Mossi tells us the stories of the people he has met while working for CARE Niger. The Lac Chad Basin, has been in a complex crisis situation for years, though it is often forgotten in the news media. Years of conflict, famine, and…

Ramatou has four children – three girls and two boys. They had to flee from armed groups in their home village. Some of the other villagers were killed and others kidnapped, but they were lucky enough to flee. All of this happened three years ago. Since…

In the village of Tamroro, the women of the Munwadata Village Savings and Loans network process millet into bassi, providing them with income and, at the same time, helping feed their village.

In 1975, Zabon Moussou saw its secondary school open its doors. 40 years later, Haoua is the first girl to graduate.

It is a bright hot and sunny day when Baraka Ali and her daughter had this conversation in their yard in a village in the South-East of Niger.

Lantana Abdou had no income of her own. Without money, the family struggled to buy food.

Fatouma Zara describes a typical day working in the midst of crisis around Lake Chad