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Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Imani*, shopkeeper and active member of a village association AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROCESS IMPLEMENTED BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: ADEBOUR VILLAGE, MAINE SOROA COMMUNE, DIFFA, NIGER In October 2020, the ACF SMPS-GP team receives Imani as part of the management of psychotrauma in the locality of Mazi. Aged 33, Imani is a married woman with 6 children. She lives with her family in Mazi village. Before the arrival of this difficult situation which is the insecurity caused by the organized armed groups (GAO), she lived easily with her family, because they were well off in material goods. Her spouse was going to Nigeria in search of laborer activities. She, in her turn, was busy with rural activities and animal husbandry, accompanied and supported by her children. At that time, the harvests were abundant because the planting was also important: everything was wonderful, she says. Today, it's just the opposite because life has become more and more difficult. “Before, plots of arable land were cheaper and it was easy to find a field to rent. With a sum of 3000 FCFA, you could have 1 quarter of a hectare to cultivate and reassuring productivity. In 2009, I had to cultivate 1 quarter and I harvested eight bags of red millet. But currently, finding a field becomes problematic, because the demography has increased given the number of displaced people and moreover, the harvest is not at all satisfactory. Our lands are fully exploited. With 1 cultivated quarter, you only obtain a bag and a half of millet for example; it's not galvanizing at all. » In addition, her husband no longer has access to his work areas due to insecurity. Faced with this situation of economic precariousness, the harmony once present within the couple has disappeared; conflicts reign all the time. Imani also points out that the fact that they go to sleep in the mountains every night to get to safety exposes her and her whole family to various diseases, such as malaria and coughs because they sleep in the open air._cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Imani therefore feels enormous discouragement, no longer has the taste for anything and does not feel the psychic strength to undertake initiatives to try to get out of the precarious economic situation in which she finds herself. She can no longer send her children to school as before, and even medical care is difficult to resolve, hence her anxiety. The SMPS-GP team offers Imani a group follow-up to help him regain confidence in his potential and his ability to implement viable projects. Work around his self-esteem was therefore implemented throughout the follow-up sessions. Also she was able to make the link between her past, her present and her future, which allowed her to manage to develop again as before, ideas of Income Generating Activity (IGA) that she could carry out. Today, thanks to the AGR that she has set up, which consists of making "bayam-sellam", that is to say "buying goods wholesale and reselling them in detail" such as: corn, peanuts, cowpea, millet, poultry every day from the roadside market, she already plans to pay her children's school fees. Her husband encourages her and is already following the good example, she says, by looking for an IGA that he too can set up. Currently a member of the Association Villageoise d'Epargne et de Crédit (AVEC) set up within her monitoring group, she produces savings, which she wishes to invest very soon to diversify her income: “I can make a profit of 5 to 6 thousand francs when the market is good”. His marital relationship has improved, and the arguments are much less regular. She admits to having resented her husband when their finances deteriorated, but thanks to the support, she understood that nothing was her husband's fault, and that instead of waiting for it to be necessarily him the provider of funds, that she too could be a strong link in dealing with her family's difficulties. Words of thanks continue to be addressed to the SMPS team and the RESILAC project in these terms: “Thanks to your support, I got back on the right path. Now, with the little that I bring back, my family has become united again, we eat our fill and I manage to save a little. The balance I had lost returned to normal. It is now that I understand this adage which often says: "Man is nothing without his fellow man, you taught me how to catch fish, even in your absence, I will know what to use it for, to meet my needs. Thanks to the SMPS team”. If ever, everything goes ahead, she plans to open a small restaurant at the crossroads of Mazi in a few months. *Name has been changed.

Les dernières publications du projet. VIDEOS Mental health at the heart of professional reintegration In the Far North of Cameroon The Far North Region of Cameroon has been confronted for several years with attacks by armed groups which lead to population movements and contribute to amplifying the pre-existing problems of chronic malnutrition and food insecurity. Since September 2017, this situation has caused several thousand internal displacement in the country and caused inflation of 30 to 60% on certain foodstuffs [1] . The four municipalities in the RESILAC project intervention zone, Dargala, Koza, Mindif and Mora, concentrate 56% of the population of this region living below the poverty line [2] . The most affected are young people and women. The economic difficulties that the latter encounter in the region (precarious labor market, limited natural resources for production, insufficient income) frequently lead to a state of psychological distress. This is often coupled with trauma related to the resurgence of insecurity, intra-family conflicts and gender-based violence. Thus, young people have great difficulty in drawing from within themselves the resources necessary for their economic reintegration [3] . The RESILAC project deploys new strategies on a daily basis to enable young people and women in Cameroon to draw from themselves the resources necessary to reintegrate themselves into the job market on a long-term basis. Regain confidence in the future The psychological problems considerably affect the capacity and the will of the people affected to cooperate, to live together, to project themselves into the future in a confident and solid way. Post-traumatic stress disorder is considered "the main factor behind the persistence of mental disorders after conflict situations"[1]. Mental health programs are therefore necessary to enable individuals and populations to recover, to be more resilient and to embark on a project for the future with greater self-confidence. This is why RESILAC integrates psychosocial care into economic recovery activities, allowing young people who integrate the training-reintegration system to benefit from the Problem Management + (PM+) protocol. This is a protocol originally developed by the World Health Organization, which, through weekly individual sessions, of approximately 90 minutes, for five to seven weeks, supports individuals in the management of their psychological and subsistence problems, their family conflicts and traumas. Training of health workers from on-site medical centers also enables them to develop their skills in psychosocial care, in a region lacking mental health care. The individual results are very encouraging in the municipalities where this monitoring has been implemented. This is particularly the case for Maimouna, 29, mother of 2 children, resident of the village of Djamboutou (commune of Dargala). " I suffered from insomnia, lack of appetite, general fatigue and difficulty concentrating." Proven symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety were observed during his clinical evaluation. Maimouna was accompanied by the PM+ for 7 weeks, during which she learned “ several strategies for stress management and gradual resumption of activity” . In the middle of the course, she was able to identify an IGA selling food in a market. RESILAC assisted her in building her business plan and getting her business started. Since then, she says, “ I finally got back to sleep, and the anxiety of being alone all day long disappeared ”. Fatou, 20 years old, mother of 2 children and resident of the village of Gaboua (municipality of Koza), also testifies: “ I was working in a local NGO as a 'peer educator' but my income was neither sufficient nor stable to take care of my family. For several years, I had tried to integrate the public service, without success. I also separated from the father of my children, I didn't have a stable job, I had a real sense of failure. " Fatou found herself plunged into a state of intense psychological distress associated with psychosomatic pain. She then joined a community interest project (TICOM) of RESILAC and participated in the psychosocial care PM +. During the sessions, Fatou developed an action plan: register for an information group on public service competitions, get information from resource people, start a commercial activity, promote dialogue with the father of their children. Thanks to the savings resulting from the TICOM works and managed with her VSLA, she bought sheep whose resale will bring her an economic profit. The improvement in her condition also allowed her to renew social ties. “ Some physical pain is still present, but I have regained sleep and appetite, and I feel a real improvement in my general well-being ”. Save to stabilize Young people and women are also monitored and supervised, thanks to an efficient education-training-economic integration system, which allows them to choose a promising micro-project and to strengthen their technical and management capacity in order to invest in complete safety. their savings. Thus, during the months of June and July 2020, in the town of Mindif, the beneficiaries of a worksite were trained on new techniques for fattening and rearing small and large ruminants (oxen, sheep and goats), and simplified accounting themes - including the management of accounting tools (cash registers and inventory management), support for carrying out purchases in accordance with the standards of the Dziguilao market, the creation of purchasing commissions [1] , etc. Marthe, mother of two, recounts the creation of an AGR for the production of peanut oil in the village of Maoudine (Mindif): “We formed a group within our community, and we learned how to grow, spread, dry and crush fresh peanuts to turn them into oil and kibble. From now on, we sell these products and put the profits in the common fund of our VSLA [2] . At the moment we use pots and plates to press the oil, but our goal is to purchase specific pressing equipment. In the meantime, every Sunday, we organize meetings to see the progress of our contributions ”. In addition, the project increases women's awareness of the leadership that has led to the occupation of decision-making positions within VSLAs [3] . This is the case of mixed VSLAs in the town of Mindif, whose offices are, for the moment, 46% women. In any case, the psychosocial care carried out by the RESILAC project does not claim to definitively solve the beneficiaries' problems. On the other hand, it allows a psychological mobilization which makes individuals autonomous and puts them at the center of their own change by means of a reflection on the different ways of managing their emotional problems and daily life. Find this article on the websites of our partners: Action Against Hunger: https://www.actioncontrelafaim.org/a-la-une/la-sante-mentale-au-coeur-de-la-reinsertion-professionnelle/ [1] World Bank 2020 data [2] Initial baseline, June 2019 - Groupe URD / RESILAC and https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cameroon/overview [3] Capitalization report, PM + for the benefit of economic recovery, May 2020 [4] Inception report of the SMPS RESILAC study - Groupe URD - November 2020 [5] Training report of the TICOM2 worksite in Domayo (municipality of Mindif) - June 22 to July 10, 2020 [6] Association Villageoise d'Epargne et de Crédit [7] Village Savings and Credit Associations

Evariste: recovery actor in Mora commune, Far North Cameroun PILLAR 2 : FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS In Cameroon, the "Inclusive Economic and Social Recovery of Lake Chad" (RESILAC) project covers, since 2018, four communes in the Far North region: Mindif, Dargala, Mora and Koza. Within the framework of the project, the local economy and the economic integration of young people are supported through high labour- intensive work (HLI) for the creation and rehabilitation of community assets, the development of village savings and credit associations, the establishment of links with economic partners, as well as training (functional literacy, training adapted to the choices of the people supported and to the local market, reinforcement of the management of the VSLAs and microprojects). Evariste In Cameroon, more than 1,000 young people took part in labour-based work[1] , including 132 young people from the commune of Mora who were mobilised for four months to build a dam. In exchange for their work, the participants each earned 40,000xaf (61€[2 ] ) per month, part of which was saved and returned at the end of the project to set up their micro-project. Evariste is one of the 132 young people who participated in the construction of the Mora dam; he shares his experience with us and how RESILAC has improved his living conditions and those of the community. "Before RESILAC came to our village, I was in debt. I had enormous difficulties in meeting my family's expenses. Farming and livestock raising are our main activities, but each season I only harvested 2 to 3 bags of millet, our basic foodstuff. I also juggled with my poultry farm (four hens and a rooster). But this was not enough. In addition, my wife gave birth in difficult conditions that made it impossible for her to work as before. I had completely lost hope when in October 2020 the RESILAC programme was announced in our village. I was informed by a member of our community that the programme offered people in difficult circumstances to participate in community service. I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the beneficiaries. s[2 ] At the end of the project, thanks to the money saved, our group chose to develop a micro-project for the production and storage of maize and millet. We contributed 262,500xaf (403€[2] ), or 37,500xaf (58€[2 ] ) each, and we were able to buy and store 10 bags of maize and 12 bags of millet, which we will sell when prices rise. Some of the millet will be shared among the members for their personal use, to help them through the lean season. Also, our ambition is to rent a one-hectare plot of land and to buy the agricultural inputs (seeds and fertilisers) to produce the cereals ourselves. The water dam that we built as part of the labour-based works has helped to solve the problem of access to water in our community. Before, to get water for our animals, we had to travel a distance of 9 km, which was very difficult and time-consuming. Moreover, this led our people to give up raising cattle. With this dam, we intend to relaunch our livestock farming activities. We have even seen the return of a species of bird that had left the village because of the scarcity of rain. [1] The Chantiers à Haute Intensité de Main d'Travail (HIMO) developed in Niger, Nigeria and Chad are Travaux d'Intérêt Communautaires (TICOM) in Cameroon. The term HIMO is used here to facilitate the understanding of the testimony [2 ] app roximately Since its creation, the dam, which is now 5 metres deep following the 2022 rainy season, has benefited communities who have developed cattle and sheep breeding, agriculture and fish farming. I was earning 10,000xaf (15€[2 ] ) per week and the project had made us aware of the importance of saving. I accepted that 50% of my income should be saved in a bank account. The project also made us aware of the contribution system according to the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) approach and of how to set up micro-projects. I was paid half of my income at the end of each week, and little by little my life changed. I was able to buy millet and other products for my household needs without getting into debt, and I was also saving in VSLAs. Tapareo Bief, November 2022 Chantier TICOM, construction mare de Mémé , Cameroun RESILAC Menstrual hygiene training participants RESILAC Making briquettes from carcoal Manufacture of coal briquettes

Conference international Mental health in the Lake Chad basin: concerns and synergies between local actors, health system and international community Wednesday, June 29 8h45-12h (UTC+1) Videoconference Program 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.: Arrival of participants 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Presentation of the study 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: RESILAC activities and lessons learned 11.45 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Closing Register here The armed conflicts raging in the Lake Chad basin destroy individual resistance and the well-being of populations, impacting their socio-economic development. Faced with these situations, families are forced to leave their living and production spaces, leaving behind their vital means of economic subsistence, to go to places where security remains relative. Psychiatry detects signs of mental disorders, psychoses, depression or even traumatic neuroses in these psychologically impacted people. In this context, the social function of therapists (traditional healers, psychologists, etc.) is more than ever valued by the place given to speech and the relief of suffering. However, psychiatric and psychosocial services are still very inaccessible in this region where psychiatry often rhymes with madness. The conference "Mental Health in the Lake Chad Basin: challenges and synergies between local actors, the health system and the international community", offers a framework for discussion around the mental health response and psychosocial support of the RESILAC project, as well as the findings of the study "psychosocial care in the Lake Chad basin" carried out by Groupe URD, focusing on the availability of care and the endogenous mechanisms of psychosocial care in this region . Panelists Florence CHATOT - Study coordinator, public health research officer, research, evaluation and training officer, Groupe URD Pamela LONDONO - Regional referent Mental Health and psychosocial support, expert in SMPS project management in sub-Saharan Africa, RESILAC Henri MAHAMAT MBARKOUTOU - Researcher on the Cameroon/Chad aspects of the study, Teacher-researcher, doctor in political and strategic history, expert in conflict analysis in the Lake Chad basin Ibrahim YAMIEN - Researcher on the Niger section of the study, expert in community mental health, former research and supervision officer at the National Mental Health Program in Niger.

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Fanta, champion of sewing EDUCATION-FORMATION-INTEGRATION PROCESS SET UP BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: COMMUNE OF MINDIF, VILLAGE OF LAMORDE My name is FANTA ADAMOU RHODE, beneficiary of the RESILAC project in the commune of Mindif, Cameroon. I am a young woman aged 31, divorced and mother of 2 children including a girl and a boy aged 5 and 7 respectively. I have been taking care of my 2 children alone for the past 5 years. In order to provide for my children, I started to make a living by practicing small business and raising small ruminants. I sold roasted peanuts, fresh maize, cassava, whatever I found lucrative in the market. I also tried to pass exams, without success (the army with my Primary School Certificate CEP) . For a while, I then sold cosmetic and medical products for a company. All this with one goal: to take care of my children, send them to school, clothe and feed them. It was not easy at all, especially for a woman, who was also without a permanent job. We worked 5 days a week, from Monday to Friday, from November 2019 to April 2020, and earned about 3 000 FCFA each per day or 18 000 FCFA per week. According to the approach of the project, we have to build up savings at the end of this work in order to be able to invest in micro-projects of our choice. Thus, at the end of each working week, 9,000 FCFA per person were returned to us and 9,000 FCFA retained in a savings account that the project opened for us in a microfinance institution. This does not mean that I gave up my first breeding activity! I continue to practice it, but with a little capital: indeed, I have 6 small ruminants at home. But with sewing, I will have the possibility to have money every week. And, on top of that, I can practice it at home and take care of my children on a daily basis: this is an invaluable advantage for me! Thinking back, I was so afraid that the project team would refuse my application for this sewing training... But on the contrary, the team members encouraged me to multiply my activities and to seize every opportunity for my development and financial autonomy. "As soon as I heard about recruiting young people to work on a labor-intensive site (HIMO) for a fee, I jumped at the opportunity without hesitation. I registered and was selected to work on the Domayo forebay construction site, alongside the 24 women and 29 men from my locality. » "I've always been interested in sewing. So I contacted the RESILAC field team to request this training with the other beneficiaries. After an exchange with them, and considering my commitment to be trained, they accepted my request and accompanied me in the purchase of a sewing machine. Now I am trained in this activity which I find exciting. » "After 2 weeks of training, I was able to make my daughter's class outfit, which was a great source of pride for me. I am very happy with myself and thank the people involved in this project. »

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Youssouf, a young engineer trained in mental health TRAINING PROCESS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FOLLOW-UP (SMPS) SET UP BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: BAGA SOLA COMMUNE, CHAD Youssouf ABAKAR AGIDI is 24 years old and holds a degree in Civil Engineering. He created a national NGO in Chad for social and health development, and he is also the coordinator of the youth of Baga Sola. He followed the SMPS training offered by RESILAC. Here is his testimony in video.

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Nora*, trader in mental health care PSYCHOSOCIAL MONITORING PROCESS IMPLEMENTED BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: IGAWA LOCALITY, MORA COMMUNE, CAMEROON On December 14, 2020, ACF's SMPS-GP teams in Mora received Nora for psycho-trauma care. Nora is a young woman of 30 years old, head of household and mother of 6 children. She sells wood on a daily basis, fetching it from the bush over long distances, then selling it in the IDP camp. At her request, she was followed up individually because of the situation of her husband. Indeed, her husband was suspected of being part of an organized armed group (GAO), and as such, she did not want to share her story in the middle of everyone; she thus expressed her need to be listened to privately. Nora's distress began in late 2015, when one day on her way home from the fields, her husband was arrested and to this day, no one knows what happened to him. Later in 2016, Nora was celebrating her little brother's wedding and the atmosphere was jovial and friendly. Then suddenly, the GAOs burst in unbeknownst to everyone. The village was instantly plunged into terror and fear invaded the wedding celebration. Her sister-in-law, the young bride, was kidnapped and Nora's younger brother was killed before her eyes. From then on, Nora lived in a very precarious situation with her children, sleeping in the fields at night to return to the city, which was quieter during the day, to look for food for her family. This already fragile equilibrium was completely overturned the day the GAO returned to the village and burned everything in their path: houses, fields, livestock. They also looted property, killed innocent people and abducted young boys to join their armed group. Nora fled, and after 7 days of walking with her children and neighbors was able to return to the Igawa camp where we met her. As a result of these different traumatic experiences, Nora started to develop a withdrawal, she doesn't talk much anymore, she cries every night. She says she has sleep disturbances, bad dreams and appetite problems. The situation of her missing husband has taken away her taste for life. Her nights are restless because she keeps hearing the gunshots of the invasion of her village, which echo in her head as if it were yesterday. The SMPS-GP team offers individual follow-up to help Nora regain her social balance and reduce her psychological distress. It was essential to normalize her feelings about her traumatic experience. TPS also encouraged her to seek social support, to talk to people she trusts, especially to help her seek information about her husband. As a result of our sessions, Nora has gradually regained her confidence. In addition, the "safe place technique" was applied to the beneficiary because for her, everything had become dark in her mind and she never recalled beautiful memories and only thought about the painful moments she went through. At this point, we thought it would be helpful to have her practice this technique, the approach to which is to clear her mind and imagine a calm and peaceful place within her in which she can escape. She states: "My garden that I used to water and watch grow gives me a sense of accomplishment. It was the only place that allowed me to escape and be away from my problems and the screaming children. The fact that I can imagine it again, gives me a feeling of calmness and lightness, I can even smile. Our exchanges allow me to see life differently, not to despair anymore, but to fight to find my husband and be there for my children". Thus, as the treatment progressed, Nora began to see life differently, and continued to fight for her children. So far, the search for her husband by her village chief and the Red Cross has been unsuccessful.

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Présentation des 4 pays d'intervention du projet. REGIONAL OFFICE > Given the multi-country, multi-stakeholder and multi-dimensional scope of the project, the Consortium (Action contre la Faim, CARE and Groupe URD) has delegated the project management to the RESILAC regional office. Based in N'Djamena, the capital closest to Lake Chad, this technical office, supported by Action contre la Faim, is made up of technical experts from the three members of the consortium: In accordance with its terms of reference, this office is : Guarantees good governance (‘policy’) of the project between all the implementing organisations; Responsible for accountability, internal and external communication, and reporting to the project's donors; Responsible for regional coherence, the quality approach and overall project management; Responsible for the coherence and coordination of the regional aspect of the programme (sharing of experiences between countries, production of lessons learned, etc.); Responsible for implementing the regional operational aspect (support for the Lake Chad Basin Commission, advocacy, etc.); Responsible for defining and implementing a regional advocacy strategy and for the project's active contribution to knowledge sharing in the Lake Chad Basin region; Responsible for representing the project at sub-regional level. This regional office plays a crucial role in the overall coordination of the project and in facilitating collective learning. The regional office is headed by a RESILAC regional representative. Contact: +235 90 06 63 45 / 65 74 33 91 coordoreg@resilac-actioncontrelafaim.org Address: Quartier Klemat/Beguinage, Rue du Havre, Ndjamena Chad

Lovelyne, site supervisor WORK SITE OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, IMPLEMENTED BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: COMMUNE OF DARGALA, VILLAGE OF KEDELE (CAMEROON) Lovelyne DENKECLE is a young woman living in the village of Kédélé, Cameroon. She is a community service technician for the NGO ALDEPA. For the RESILAC project, she supervises a fish farming site using high intensity labor (HIMO). In this video, she describes the various innovations brought to this site.

Ismaïla*, the mason of Mainé Soroa ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POPULATION RESILIENCE Socio-economic integration program through High Intensity Labor Force (HIMO) workcamps and professional training, Mainé Soroa commune, Diffa region, Niger. Ismaïla Ismaïla is 35 years old. A beneficiary of the socio-economic integration activities of the RESILAC project, he tells us He tells us about his involvement in the project: " My name is Ismaïla, I am 35 years old and I am a beneficiary of the RESILAC project in a village in the commune of Mainé Soroa, in the Diffa region of Niger. Since 2016, I was working in Mainé Soroa as an apprentice mason for a boss who owned a company that built classrooms and buildings. I liked this activity but it did not allow me to earn a decent living. I also had to work at odd jobs when I could to earn a little extra money. However, even with this additional income, I could not provide for my family. So when the RESILAC project came to my village, I tried my luck and was selected among the 100 young people of my village to participate in the High Intensity Labor Work (HIMO). For four months, we worked on the dune fixing site to protect our basin from silting up for a salary of 50,000 FCFA per month. With this money, I was able to cover my daily expenses before buying the first tools for my masonry activity. After the four months of the HIMO project, RESILAC offered us professional training adapted to our needs and those of the market. Sixty young people were selected to participate in various training courses, each in the field of their choice, for six months. I was trained in masonry. We had all learned the trade on the job, so these six months allowed us to improve and learn professional techniques to be more productive and provide quality work. At the end of the training, the project provided each participant with an installation kit to start their business. My kit [containing all the elements a mason needs] allowed me to expand my small toolbox and start doing small jobs in my village. That's when I became more and more known in the area. Two months after I started my activity as a freelance mason, many surrounding villages started to call on me for daily services or larger contracts. I am proud to be recognized as a professional in my field! The project has even called upon my services to secure solar submersible pumps for community market gardening sites. Today, I employ four apprentices who earn their living thanks to me, I am economically independent and even manage to help my relatives in times of need!" *The first name have been changed

CHAD > Cameroon Nigeria Niger BACKGROUND Chad's Lake Province, located on the northern edge of the lake, is made up of flooded land (open water and marshes), flood-prone land (islands, shores and their immediate hinterland) and ‘terra firma’ (or mainland, dune zone). In socio-economic terms, the Lake Province is one of the most vulnerable areas in Chad, with a high population growth rate and a very young population (almost 51% are under 15 years old). Forced population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, health emergencies and the effects of climate change continue to mark the humanitarian situation in the Lake province, against a backdrop of insecurity preventing humanitarian access to certain areas and an increase in protection incidents. In 2024, Chad's Lake Province will still have around 261,672 internally displaced people. These displacements are mainly due to attacks by the armed groups mentioned above and to extreme climatic shocks, such as flooding These displacements are mainly due to attacks by the armed groups mentioned above and to extreme climatic shocks, such as floods. The latter have exacerbated already precarious living conditions and increased the need for humanitarian aid. AREAS OF INTERVENTION In Chad, the project is active in around twenty villages in the cantons of Bol, Ngarangou, Magar, Djigdada, Iserom, Ngueléa 1 and Ngueléa 2. The 1st phase of the project supported more than 30,000 people through social transformation initiatives and the restoration of productive community assets, such as the Brandal Dam. For this 2nd phase, the project aims to reach more than 25,000 people. To find out more about RESILAC 1 in Chad, watch the project video (hypertext link to be added). Consult the final brochure on RESILAC 1's achievements in Chad (link to PDF document to be added). PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Based in Bagasola, UMOP Chad is made of Action against Hunger, CARE, Groupe CCFD Terre solidaire (ACORD, CSAPR, APAD, Kawtal, GRAVE), CHORA et ACDER. Each organisation has staff members dedicated to the implementation of the project. In addition , Group URD, lead for monitoring , evaluation and learning as well as CCFD Terre Solidaire through its partners( ACORD, CSAPR, APAD, Kawtal) provide indirect support to the implementation. For more information on implementing organisations in Chad, please consult dedicated pages Sources: World Bank, AFD, Community Diagnosis of Lake Chad (CCFD-RESILAC), Initial Baseline (Groupe URD-RESILAC) INSTITUTIONAL ANCHORAGE The operational steering committee that meets in Bole is presided over by the Province Governor. The national steering comitee that meets in Ndjamena is presided over by the General Secretary in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Plan.