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RSS![Returnees in The Gambia’s Upper River Region Navigate COVID-19](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/gm-02-2.jpg?itok=osfyL-qw)
The closure of markets has also impacted returnees working in commercial transport.
- Region and Country
- The Gambia
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
![There are 67 million domestic workers worldwide. 80 per cent of them are female.](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/sudan_giz_mazin_al-rasheed_2020-k.jpg?itok=3ZWA7HHL)
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‘We do not have the exact figures, but most domestic workers in Sudan are irregular migrants and have no work permit,’ says Salwa Mohamed from the Sudanese Ministry of Labour and Social Development.
- Region and Country
- Sudan
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- GIZ
![For several decades, access to clean safe drinking water was a nightmare for the community members of Abore village in Somalia.](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/water.gif?itok=nGJizZac)
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By Maslah Mumin | BORESHA Project - "The long journey for water"Issack Liban is a 56-year-old chief from Abore village in Gedo Region of Somalia who has worked tirelessly to lobby for the construction of a water reservoir for his village.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Somalia
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- CARE
- Danish Refugee Council
- World Vision
- WYG International Limited
![Au Mauritanie, les activités du Chantier Ecole forment les jeunes et créent de l’emploi dans le secteur de la construction bioclimatique](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/mr-01-1.png?itok=Ugd3NkS2)
PECOBAT est un programme qui vise, d'une part, à améliorer l’employabilité des jeunes et leur insertion dans un créneau d’emploi porteur, celui de la construction bioclimatique en matériaux locaux, et d'autre part à promouvoir le secteur privé et les activités économiques durables dans les métiers...
- Region and Country
- Mauritanie
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- OIT - ILO - Organisation Internationale du Travail - International Labour Organization
![A new point of entry on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border has been opened close to the town of Balho at the Northern border to Djibouti on 20. September](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/flag-1-k.jpg?itok=ixQh8YsJ)
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A new point of entry on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border has been opened close to the town of Balho at the Northern border to Djibouti on 20th September.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Ethiopia
- Djibouti
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
![UNHCR Tunisia](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/unhcr_tunisia_story2.jpg?itok=XK4wmNZ8)
Emmanuelle et Adiam, 23 ans, respectivement originaires du Nigeria et de l’Erythrée, ne partagent pas grand-chose à première vue, seulement leur jeune âge.
- Region and Country
- Tunisia
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
![Formation des organisations des personnes handicapées du Yagha](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/bf-01-1.jpg?itok=oKe_SADR)
RESA veut apporter des changements qualitatifs dans la gouvernance des Organisations des Personnes Handicapées (OPH).
- Region and Country
- Burkina Faso
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Action Contre la Faim
- Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
- LVIA
- Terre des hommes
- Humanity & Inclusion
![The GrEEn COVID-19 Innovation Challenge supports innovative solutions to the COVID19 pandemic](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/2_3.jpg?itok=nXA-im5x)
In May, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation kickstarted a competition, the GrEEn COVID-19 Innovation Challenge targeted at youth in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana.
- Region and Country
- Ghana
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
- United Nations Capital Development Fund
![VHR assistance, IOM](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/20200820_091638590_ios.jpg?itok=oSTQUG9Q)
One hundred and eighteen Ghanaian migrants stranded in Libya due to COVID-19 restrictions boarded a flight home end of August, IOM's first Voluntary Humanitarian Return Programme movement since a temporary hold began five months ago.
- Region and Country
- Libya
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
![83 Migrants abandoned by smugglers in the Sahara have been rescued by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative "Search and Rescue" operation](https://trust-fund-for-africa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/reg-16-1.jpg?itok=OnTm6Fp_)
Niamey – IOM’s Search and Rescue (SAR) team operating in Niger’s northern Agadez region on 3 September rescued 83 migrants in distress.
- Region and Country
- Regional
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration