Mission. SOS Sahel UK's mission is to seek long-term, sustainable solutions to the poverty experienced by millions of people across the dry lands of the Sahel region of Africa.

We want to see the people of the Sahel influence the policy decisions that affect them and have control over the natural and economic resources they need for a secure and fulfilling life.

We work to achieve this by:

  • Finding innovative ways to help groups in the Sahel challenge marginalisation and discrimination and secure their rights.
  • Bringing the facts about the poverty in the Sahel to the attention of policy-makers who have the power to do something about it.
  • Strengthening the quality of development practice in the Sahel, by encouraging collaboration and experience-sharing and by building the capacity of African institutions

As a small, specialist organisation, SOS Sahel UK's main strengths are its flexibility and willingness to innovate and its firm belief in the capacity of dryland farmers and pastoralists to manage their environment with wisdom and skill.

''We want to see the people of the Sahel influence the decisions that affect them...'' The Sahel region

is a belt of dry countries from East to West Africa, just south of the Sahara desert.

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