Africa - Western
Burkina Faso ranks 182 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI). CARE International has an established presence in the country through partner projects including WA-WASH, IPAD, and PRODIATA.
CARE International first began working in Burkina Faso in 2017 through projects implemented through partners, including such as WA-WASH, which focuses on water, sanitation, and hygiene, and IPAD, which focuses on women's empowerment.
In 2018, we established a physical presence in the country with the PRODIATA project. PRODIATA aims to reduce the risks of conflict related to livestock management, and to improve the nutrition and food security of coastal and pastoral populations.
In recent years Burkina Faso has experienced growing insecurity due to violent conflict from armed groups. This has led to displacement and increased humanitarian needs across the country. Burkina Faso also remains vulnerable to climatic shocks related to changes in rainfall patterns.
Because of their limited access to land and basic education and absence in household and community decision-making, women and children are most vulnerable to risks associated with displacement, including access to food, water and sanitation facilities, shelter, and healthcare. CARE International works to identify funding and partners that can best meet the needs of those at risk.
Humanitarian crises are challenges affecting millions of people, and the facts speak for themselves: as a consequence of these underreported crises, around 34.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. With this Crisis Report, which is being published for the ninth year in a row, CARE puts ten underreported crises and the people affected into focus.
This camp was set up following the various displacements due to the insecurity since the end of 2018-beginning of 2019. The camp shelters 1388 people, all of Fulani ethnic group. More than half are children (between 700 and 800) aged 0 to 18, then come women and finally men in terms of categorization. The site has 83 tents for the displaced and 8 for the administration (health, security, administration and psycho-social).
Idrissa Sawadogo, 41, is a father of eight children and married to two women. He is from Arbinda and was a very successful business. Indeed, he was the proud owner of a petrol station that earned him between 500,000 FCFA ($ 856.26) and 750,000 FCFA ($ 1284.39) a day and employed eight people.
Maimounata Sawadogo is a 33-year-old woman and mother of 2 children, Zoubeirou Sawadogo (4 years old) and Halimata Saadia (1 year 7 months old). She is married to Abdoulwahab Sawadogo, 56 years old.
Humanitarian crises are challenges affecting millions of people, and the facts speak for themselves: as a consequence of these underreported crises, around 34.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. With this Crisis Report, which is being published for the ninth year in a row, CARE puts ten underreported crises and the people affected into focus.
With CARE’s fourth global Suffering In Silence report, we are starting to see a trend of certain countries annually remaining on the list of the most under-reported crises. While we expanded the analysis in 2019 by including Spanish and Arabic online media coverage (in addition to English, French and German), the results are surprisingly similar to previous years.
In FY2024, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
