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| Project Name: | Timbuktu Emergency Recovery Program (TERP) |
| Project Description: |
The USAID/OFDA-funded Timbuktu Emergency Recovery Program (TERP) was developed to respond to the lingering negative impacts of serious environmental problems during the 2004 agricultural season. The twelve-month project is intended to rapidly reduce the short, medium, and long-term vulnerability of the populations (35,000 people in 7300 drought-affected households) of 16 communes to the food crisis that has affected the Timbuktu Region.
Timbuktu's current crisis began in 2004, when poor rainfall resulted in drought and reduced floodwaters, compromising agricultural yields throughout the region, even in the Niger River Valley. These factors were further aggravated by the worst desert locust invasion since 1987. The consequence of this confluence of environmental problems was serious agricultural losses, rendering the population of Timbuktu even more vulnerable than usual. This zone normally has high infant and under-five mortality rates and the current problems are driving these rates upward. Prompt intervention is intended to alleviate the pain of suffering communities and save lives while building sustainable local capacity to weather future emergencies.
The proposed project aims to support the most vulnerable populations to restore their means of production and their household livelihood security, while supporting local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and communal officials in developing sustainable capacity to withstand future food security crises. TERP aims to reduce the probability of severely affected communes experiencing a similar crisis next year and in the future. |
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