Highlights
Two Community-Based Participatory Planning (CBPP) exercises were carried out in villages of Banogo, East region, in April and Tialel, Sahel region, in May. Both reports are now available.
World Refugee Day was celebrated on June 20 at Goudebou refugees camp under the sponsorship of H.E. Ambassador of France in Burkina Faso. France contributes € 1 million to WFP’s operations for assistance to Malian refugees and Food Assistance for Assets.
WFP Burkina Faso urgently needs USD 7.5 million to implement its relief operation in the next six months.
WFP Assistance
The Country programme has focused on improving primary education, promoting gender equity and helping the most vulnerable groups. Promotion of agricultural value chains supports home-grown school-feeding and local purchase.
Support to primary education
WFP provided daily school meals to 132,000 children in about 1,000 primary schools in the Sahel region and take home rations to 11,125 girls in the last two years. It has contributed to great improvement of enrolment, attendance and retention in the region, particularly for girls. In addition, a pilot project to introduce dairy products in school meals promotes home-grown school feeding, income-generating activities for women and development of local dairies. Presently, about 3,500 children in 20 schools are provided with locally-produced yogurt.
Nutritional support to vulnerable groups
WFP provides food and nutritional support to 12,000 people living with HIV and AIDS, orphans, as well as Super Cereal Plus rations to 10,000 children in the Sahel region to prevent stunting.
Promotion of agricultural value chains
WFP promotes the development of agricultural value chains by prioritizing local purchases of food from Purchase for Progress (P4P) wherever possible. P4P works with 30,000 smallholder farmers and processors in building their production capacities and improving the quality of their products to sell to institutional markets, such as WFP.
The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) aims to assist 1.1 million people at risk of food insecurity and malnutrition from July 2015 to June 2017. The project is aligned with the harmonized framework and annual support plan for vulnerable populations.
Food assistance to Malian refugees
In collaboration with the Government and other partners, WFP provides assistance to 30,000 Malian refugees remaining in Burkina Faso.
Treatment and prevention of malnutrition
WFP provides treatment to malnourished children and mothers. Additionally, caretakers of children receiving in-patient care at therapeutic feeding centers for severe acute malnutrition receive take home rations and children under two receive rations of Super Cereal Plus during the lean season to prevent acute malnutrition. Seven regions with the highest levels of under nutrition and food insecurity were targeted but only three of them have been prioritized due to a lack of funding.