Burkina Faso Projects

Fostering resilience and social cohesion in the Sahel

Cross-border areas between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso face complex security problems and high economic and social vulnerabilities. This shared transhumance area, affected by climate change, runs out of resources, further exacerbating existing tensions within agro-pastoral communities. Populations, therefore, face increasing food and nutrition insecurity amid weakening governance and conflict management systems…

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Strengthening health systems through our COVID-19 response

Fighting epidemics such as COVID-19 requires collaboration from all. When trust between communities and health officials is low, response efforts are often blocked by failing health systems and missed opportunities to respond quickly and effectively. In Senegal and Burkina Faso, our 12-month project “Risk Communication and Community Engagement […]

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Identifying Opportunities for Civil Society-Led Conflict Resolution in Burkina Faso

With financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and in partnership with the National Youth Council of Burkina Faso (CNJ-BF), we conducted a study on conflicts and conflict resolution in Burkina Faso in 2013. Our study consisted of both field research and a literature review. The […]

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Building Resilience in Niger and Burkina Faso

Rural areas of the Sahel are suffering from many hardships, including poverty, lack of infrastructure, poor governance and gender inequality. These factors dampen community resilience, leaving households prone to socio-economic shocks. Demographic growth, climate change and the growing dependency on food markets are adding to the vulnerability of […]

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Peace through Development (PDEV II)

We are implementing the “Peace through Development II” (PDevII) project in Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger as part of a consortium with International Relief & Development, Equal Access International, and the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice. This project is the second phase of the U.S. Agency for […]

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