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In Djetkoram village, Niger, Catholic Relief Services counters conflict and promotes stability through a Cash-for-Work project, which distributes cash tolocal community memberspeople recently displaced by Boko Haram violence in exchange for work on community projects. The majority of displaced people are seeking refuge in local communities, putting a strain on already vulnerable host families coping with the effects of climate change and poverty.

• 07/07/2020
• Climatelinks

In a crowded banquet hall in Niamey, a dozen people gather around a large piece of paper, chatting excitedly in Hausa and French. They are a diverse group - farmers from hours outside the capital, radio broadcasters, extension agents, meteorologists, government officials and a smattering of NGO workers.

• 09/25/2019
• Kristin Lambert, Amanda Lewis, Mary Allen

Under the USAID Learning Agenda on Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Climate Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI) is looking at the user end of climate information to build a knowledge base of factors impacting the uptake and use of climate services.

• 12/04/2017
• Climatelinks