📋 Tender Overview
Armed conflicts in the Tillabéri region of Niger continue to increase the number of internally displaced persons and expose populations, particularly women and girls, to all forms of violence. Through this project led by a Nigerien NGO, Switzerland is supporting the resilience of affected populations by strengthening their livelihoods and community mechanisms for preventing and responding to protection risks.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Niger
Governance
Emergency Relief and Protection
Gender Equality
Migration and Development
Public sector policy
Protection, access & security
Sexual & gender-based violence
Decentralisation
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
15.05.2025 - 14.05.2027
CHF 1’500’000
The project in brief
Background Niger has been experiencing a severe security crisis for a decade, particularly acute in the Tillabéri region in the west of the country, manifested by armed conflicts and cross-border crime. These threats, coupled with food insecurity and the effects of climate change, compromise the security and protection of populations, also leading to long-term displacement. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Tillabéri region will have the highest number of internally displaced persons in Niger in 2025 (44% of displaced persons), with 223,950 people in displacement situations. This impacts the delivery of insufficient public services, as well as the economic means of the population as a whole.
Objectives Strengthening the protection of women and children as well as the resilience of displaced and host populations in the departments of Téra and Gotheye in the Tillabéri region.
Target groups
Vulnerable girls, children, women and men among internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities impacted by sudden shocks
Survivors of GBV
Children aged 0 to 59 months of IDPs and vulnerable hosts
Departmental Technical Services (promotion of women and child protection, health)
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Customary and religious leaders
The project targets the above-mentioned groups in the communes of Téra (Téra department), Gotheye and Dargol (Gotheye department) in the Tillabéri region.
Medium-term outcomes
Community systems for preventing and responding to child protection risks and gender-based violence (GBV) for women and children are improved.
The livelihoods of populations affected by crises and displacement are strengthened.
Results Expected results: Strengthened local community protection system. People directly supported: 27,500, including:
- 3,000 people made aware of GBV through direct awareness-raising
- 396 members of GBV-PE committees trained
- 180 GBV survivors supported
- 493 women benefiting from economic capacity building
- 60 women benefiting from literacy courses
- 5,051 women and children benefiting from the program to combat malnutrition
- 12,186 people benefiting from the distribution of essential kits In additi
