High Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region - Plan International Key Messages

The crisis in Lake Chad Basin is one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies in the world, having displaced more than 2.4 million people, half of whom are children, and left more than 10.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The crisis has unfolded in a region beset by chronic fragility, where poverty, unemployment and a lack of prospects for young people fuel extremism and are compounded by environmental degradation and the impacts of climate change.

On the 3rd and 4th September 2018 the international community will gather in Berlin, Germany to discuss how to strengthen collective efforts to address the complex crisis in the Lake Chad region. This conference will build on the achievements following the Oslo Conference in February 2017. In addition to highlighting and mobilising funding for humanitarian needs, the High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region will aim to promote resilience, as well as crisis prevention and stabilization initiatives to meet the longer-term needs of those affected by the crisis.