Publications

This short paper complements “Supporting the Lake Chad Communities on the Path towards Peace and Sustainable Development”, a statement endorsed by 43 organizations providing multi-sectoral support in affected regions across Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Whereas the ten requests in the statement directly target the governments of the affected countries, this paper sets out concrete recommendations for all actors. The paper recommends a three-pronged approach of 1) building around community 2)safeguarding protection and 3) enabling environment that needs to be urgently implemented to simultaneously save and rebuild affected populations’ lives.

Caritas is working in each of the four countries to help some of the millions of people affected by the crisis by protecting civilians; supporting land rights and livelihoods; peacebuilding; and improving education and health services. At the Berlin conference, Caritas will use its long experience working among local communities to make a series of recommendations to governments, donors, UN agencies and NGOs.

Ahead of High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region 3-4 September, Berlin, Germany, 43 INGOs operating in the Lake Chad Basin region published a paper which sets out concrete recommendations for all actors, including governments, NGOs, UN, traditional and non-traditional donors, to action the requests.

This document provides Plan International’s key messages and recommendations for donors and governments attending the High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region on the 3 rd and 4th September 2018 t