What does resilience mean for Amadou & Moussa?
By Esther Huerta García, Communication & Social Media Officer - OCHA Sahel
These young boys below might not have participated in the global debate around resilience in the Sahel region. Still, they know very well what it means to live in a family whose resilience has been completely eroded.
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| Children playing in Mopti- CREDIT: ECHO |
Losing resilience - in very simple terms
Amadou and Moussa live in Mali and are among the generation of children that have missed a whole year of school in 2012 due to the food crisis.
Their parents, after this year´s drought, were forced to reduce the quantity and quality of food they could give to their children. When food is not sufficient, this is the first strategy many households follow to adapt to this new situation. After that, as the crisis continued, the family was forced to sell their livestock and take out a loan. They had nothing left.
