Stories

The Community Resilience Group, set up by the BRICC programme, is made up of stakeholders in the community who help to improve community resilience from all forms of shocks and stresses that could impact the community negatively.

The west coast city of Hodeidah has been severely impacted by the six-year war. Home to the country’s principal seaport, the city’s key basic services – including waste disposal and electricity – have been badly affected by the clashes.

In October 2022, two educational talks were organized with the girls of the Voix du Coeur Foundation, to discuss the difficulties that girls in street situations often face. This activity was carried out with the support of the Bêkou Fund of the European Union.

Thanks to the support of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), UNHCR provided support to Malian refugees to create livelihood opportunities to strengthen the resilience of displaced families and their host communities.

In rural Côte d’Ivoire, women depend on forests for the subsistence and health of their families. However, despite the existence of laws recognising gender equality, they are not involved in decisions that affect forests and have very limited access to land and associated economic benefits.

The VET Toolbox is supporting the work of the Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skills Council in Uganda. This is the story of the chairperson of the council, Herbert Byaruhanga.

L’accès à l’eau est un droit qui est loin d’être une réalité pour une grande partie de la population de la République Centrafricaine. L'Union européenne finance, par le biais de son fonds fiduciaire Bêkou, un projet d'approvisionnement de l'eau potable pour la population à Bambari.

Prévenir la dissémination du virus COVID-19 en République centrafricaine est un impératif afin de ne pas voir anéantis tous les efforts déployés pour relever le pays depuis la fin de la crise en 2014. L'Union européenne, par l'intermédiaire du Fonds Bêkou, s’est engagée pour combattre la pandémie.

Le manque d’eau nuit au développement de l’agriculture.C’est dans ce cadre que l’Union européenne soutient plusieurs projets de construction de forages à Djibouti et de puits afin de faciliter aux agriculteurs locaux la culture de leurs champs.