Guinea

Region: Africa
  • Duration: March 2023 - July 2024
    Budget: US$300,000
    Implementing Agencies: IOM (lead), Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR

    Like many countries worldwide, Guinea is grappling with trafficking in persons (TiP), a complex phenomenon brought about by intersecting personal, societal and global dynamics. While personal vulnerability is a crucial factor, the multiple underlying drivers at the national, regional and global levels ¨C political instability, ineffective judicial systems and legal frameworks, social structures that contribute to marginalization, and crises such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic that increase vulnerability ¨C create a multifaceted challenge that is difficult to disentangle. ?
     

     

     
  • Duration: September 2021 - December 2024
    Budget: US$3,071,304 (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµTFHS: $1,000,000; Pooled Funding: $2,071,304)
    Implementing Agencies: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP (lead), Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, WFP, IOM, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRCO

    Despite its enormous natural potential, a significant part of the Guinean population is suffering from multidimensional poverty and widening inequalities, especially in terms of access to basic social services, economic infrastructure, and social protection. This is reinforced by the lack of active involvement of communities in local governance, further deepening their vulnerability to external shocks such as natural disasters and economic volatility. These multifaceted challenges are particularly pronounced in the region of Lab¨¦.
     

     

     
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    Duration: May 2007 - December 2008
    Budget: US$1,095,039
    Implementing Agencies: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIDO, WHO, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR, WFP

    The civil conflicts of the 1990s in neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia transformed Guinea into one of the largest refugee hosting countries in the world. With widespread poverty and food insecurity already overwhelming the economy, the influx of refugees placed significant strain on the limited resources of Guinea.
     

     

     
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    Duration: November 2004 - May 2006
    Budget: US$1,030,932
    Implementing Agencies: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP

    The programme improved the living conditions of conflict-affected populations in rural Guinea by improving public infrastructure, addressing water and sanitation issues, and implementing reforestation activities.