Mali Humanitarian Emergency

A girl stands at her classroom's blackboard.
UN Photo/Marco Dormino

Acute rainfall deficits last season in several regions of the Sahel and growing insecurity in Mali adds to the devastation by the long-running conflict around the Lake Chad Basin. In Mali, several communities struggle to access food, water, healthcare, education, and protection due to the recent resurgence of intercommunal violence between armed groups. In 2018, 4.1 million Malians will be food insecure and 300,000 children will be out of school, exposing particularly girls to violence. Malnutrition remains a serious concern with 115,000 pregnant women requiring nutrition assistance. Since January 2018, UNFPA distributed dignity kits benefiting about 50,000 people. Failure to meet humanitarian needs now will worsen the crisis’ impact in Mali and the region and could perpetuate inter-community violence, fuelling migration towards Europe and exposing youth to higher risk of recruitment by non-State armed actors and criminal groups. UNFPA is leading the gender-based violence sub-cluster.

Country Population: 17.6 mil
Level of Crisis:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Humanitarian needs

Total people in need
4.12 million
Women of reproductive age
1.03 million
Young people
1.33 million
Pregnant women
138,982
Last updated on - 01 September 2018
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Humanitarian funding

Resources in $

Key results2017

  • People Reached
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    1,700
    Total people reached with all types of GBV services
    2,709
    Affected population who directly benefited from all types of emergency RH kits
    19,164
    Women and girls accessing services provided through Service Delivery Points (SDPs) that are equipped with Post-Rape Kits
    217
    GBV survivors reached
    2,709
  • Services delivered
    Number of safe spaces
    3
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    17
    Dignity Kits distributed
    2,057
  • Capacity building
    Personnel trained on clinical management of rape
    80
    Personnel trained on psycho-social support
    21
    Health personnel trained on gender-based violence case management
    119

Emergencies updates and resources

Disclaimer
  • Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
  • - Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
  • - Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
  • L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
  • L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
  • L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
  • Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.