"JIGIYA Project Empowers 300 Households in Koro

The JIGIYA multi-sectoral project means: Hope. It has been implemented for many years by World Vision Mali in the communes of Koporo Pen, Koporona, Pelmaoudé in the Koro district. The project supports communities in the areas of water, hygiene and sanitation, food security and livelihoods.

Following the armed conflict in the region, some entire villages have moved to larger towns.

Others are living under embargo. This situation has led to increased food insecurity, as displaced populations leave almost everything behind as they flee to more stable areas.

For villages that remain under embargo, it is almost impossible to go to the fields.

In the village of Koporona, the JIGIYA project has provided food assistance to vulnerable families, including Boukary's family, who abandoned their inaccessible fields due to insecurity.

Boukary is one of the people who have been unable to cultivate their fields due to security restrictions and threats. As a farmer and hard worker, Boukary had to make do with visiting his fields during the growing season. Since then, life has become increasingly difficult for him, his two wives and his eight children.

"Since the ban on access to the fields, I have had to make do with a small area near the village. At the end of the rainy season, my harvest was insufficient. I reluctantly had to ask my wives to reduce the number of meals per day. I knew my children would not get enough to eat, but I had no other choice.

During the JIGIYA project distribution, nearly 300 households, including IDPs, host families and refugees from the Koporona community, received food items consisting of 5-litre cans of oil, 50kg bags of rice, pasta and cooking soups. Boukary, one of the beneficiaries, testifies: 

"The day we received the food from World Vision, my last bag of millet was running out, I didn't have enough grain for more than 2 meals. I was so happy to receive a full ration that would last me and my family for several days. The whole village was happy, my family and I even more so. "

“The day we received the food from World Vision, my last bag of millet was running out, I didn't have enough grain left for more than 2 meals. Great was my joy to receive a complete ration, which could last my family and me for several days. The whole village was joyful, my family and I even more so. “