A small community in southern Niger, Sassoumbroum (Sbroum for short) suffers from high poverty rates and rampant corruption. To make ends meet, people support themselves by cutting down trees, including...
Niger has an adult literacy rate of 38 percent, with an even lower rate for women. In this traditional patriarchal society, education is too often seen as unnecessary for girls...
This project strengthens the social contract between the state and citizens, and enhances individual, household, and community resilience in 19 communes in the Maradi, Tillabéri, and Zinder regions of Niger.
Counterpart implemented the five-year, USAID-funded Participatory, Responsive Governance – Principal Activity (PRG-PA) project which promoted governance and policy reforms in Niger that support equitable access to education, health, and security services.