Amid the challenges of a tense security situation in northern Mali, the IRC is looking at repairing water points and distributing water purification kits, should they be needed. 

The picturesque nature of this area belies the fact that Guéra Region is severely affected by drought.

Midwife Linda Neloum checks the assignment roster for the week. She is part of a team of IRC health workers who fan out across drought-stricken Bahr el Gazal to support 26 rural health centers.

Ashta Mohamed and son Hadja enter the IRC mobile clinic in Kinimanga, in drought-stricken western Chad. 

The IRC’s mobile health clinics support communities in northern Bahr el Ghazal that have been devastated by drought.