Field visit to Niger and Chad (14-17 July, 2016)

Source: Ch. (Christos) Stylianides i, published on Monday, July 25 2016.

Being on the ground to assess the situation first had. Climate change, extreme poverty and conflict are threatening the lives of people in Niger and Chad. A displaced woman who fled the horrors of Boko Haram told me: "where there is education there is no crsis". Education is a shield against radicalization.

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Discussion with local communities and children in Niger.

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At a health center in Zinder, Niger. Almost 2 million children under 5 are suffering from acute mulnutrition.

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We need to invest in the furure of communities and the children.

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Resilience building is at the core of our actions.

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Visit to Lake Chad basin. We stand by the people affected by Boko Haram violence.

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Visited Chadian returnees who fled the conflict in the Central African Republic.

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Lake Chad is at the top of the EU agenda.

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