Mercy Corps supports 200, 000 Borno IDP returnees in urban renewals, others
By Njadvara MUSA, Maiduguri
The Mercy Corps, an international non-governmental organization (INGO) has supported 200,000 internally displaced person (IDP) returnees in livelihood restoration and urban renewals in Borno.
The restoration and renewal projects are funded by the European Union (EU) under the Borno Package.
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This was disclosed, yesterday (Sunday), in the 2021 Borno Maida Early Recovery Report, exclusively released to The Guardian in Maiduguri, the state capital.
“The livelihood restorations and urban renewals, are to scale up social cohesion and resilience of the IDP returnees in Bama and Gwoza,” said the report.
Besides, it lamented that the 13-year insurgency has led to economic, social and climatic related shocks of the IDP returnees.
It maintained that the livelihood and urban renewal interventions could prevent growing ecological, economic and social instabilities in the liberated communities.
“The rural livelihood restorations are to be improved in an ecologically sustainable way,” it said.
The report noted that households headed by women could also take advantage of agricultural market opportunities to raise their incomes.
According to Mercy Corps, the opportunities are in afforestation, food security, waste management and urban renewals.
