The humanitarian situation in Tenenkou, is critical. The district [of Tenenkou] is home of tens of thousands of inhabitants and includes a dozen villages.

The direct consequence of a reduced number of humanitarian actors in the area is the failure to cover the people’s basic needs.

People of Tenenkou and its surroundings

are caught between military operations

and armed groups violence

People here are unable to carry out income-generating activities. Even for those who cultivate the land, it is difficult to cultivate enough to meet their needs. In addition, armed opposition groups put pressure on these communities through kidnappings, intimidation, etc.

Some people are subject to targeted assassinations, arrests or forced recruitment into these armed groups. So, it is a very difficult context, and aid workers are very few in this part of Mali, where needs are growing.

Health workers are no longer able to go to the most isolated villages, where they used to go to provide primary health care.

MSF teams have resumed

mobile clinics,

interrupted for two years

for security reasons

It is important to understand that these [remote] activities can be dangerous, because of the particular context of the district, which is a flood-prone area nine months a year, with reduced accessibility and in a difficult security context. Obviously, this is not easy work.

And MSF, through its mobile clinic, offers free healthcare and makes available medicines that are lacking in some health facilities, even if it is limited to general and non-specialized consultations.