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        Darifa* (18) with her 10 day old daughter, Lenka*. Both live at an unofficial IDP site where community leaders say food shortages are a constant worry. Photo: Henry Wilkins / Concern WorldwideDarifa* (18) with her 10 day old daughter, Lenka*. Both live at an unofficial IDP site where community leaders say food shortages are a constant worry. Photo: Henry Wilkins / Concern WorldwideDarifa* (18) with her 10 day old daughter, Lenka*. Both live at an unofficial IDP site where community leaders say food shortages are a constant worry. Photo: Henry Wilkins / Concern Worldwide

        Burkina Faso

        Burkina Faso

        Why Burkina Faso?  We have been working in Burkina Faso since 2021, responding to a complex humanitarian crisis. Political unrest, conflict and climate change have combined to form an unprecedented humanitarian emergency in a country that already struggled with chronic hunger and malnutrition.

        Burkina Faso is facing a multitude of challenges

        By providing displaced families with basic necessities and access to quality health care, they are able to let go of some of the stress and start to rebuild their lives.

        Katelyn Buisman - Programmes Director

        Conflict has displaced more than 1.9 million people in just two years, making Burkina Faso the fastest-growing displacement crisis in recent times. 80% of all internally displaced Burkinabés are women and children. More broadly, one-fifth of the country’s population, or 3.5 million Burkinabés, require humanitarian assistance; a 60% increase in the last year. Burkina Faso also has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world.

        Latest achievements

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        Emergency assistance

        Over 350 households received emergency assistance to cover their basic food and shelter needs after fleeing armed conflict in the East and Sahel regions.

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        Improving health

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        Hygiene kits

        Concern staff visit a family at their rented house in Pouytenga Centre East where they have no toilets. They are preparing corn meal for their dinner. Photo: Anne Mimault/Concern Worldwide
        Concern staff visit a family at their rented house in Pouytenga Centre East where they have no toilets. They are preparing corn meal for their dinner. Photo: Anne Mimault/Concern Worldwide
        Concern staff visit and meet with IDPs in Pouytenga Centre East. Photo: Anne Mimault/Concern Worldwide
        Concern staff visit and meet with IDPs in Pouytenga Centre East. Photo: Anne Mimault/Concern Worldwide
        Delivery of equipment and medical supplies to the CSPS, Yargho. Photo: Concern Worldwide
        Delivery of equipment and medical supplies to the CSPS, Yargho. Photo: Concern Worldwide

        How we are helping in Burkina Faso

        We are working with people living in Burkina Faso to improve food security, nutrition, healthcare, access to water, sanitation and hygiene.

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        People signing for and receiving kits from the Concern team at Ramesim site, Burkina Faso. The support included unconditional multi-purpose cash transfers and hygiene promotion campaigns. Photo: Jean-Paul Ouedraogo / Concern Worldwide.
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        26 October 2022

        Cash transfer for emergency healthcare in humanitarian settings in Burkina Faso

        This page shows the presentation delivered to the Irish Global Health Network Conference 2022.
        Community Resilience and the Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Households - Alliance2015 Research
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        30 September 2022

        Alliance2015 Multi Country Covid-19 Research - 2022

        This page is about the research carried out by Concern with other Alliance2015 partners in multiple countries: 'Community Resilience and the Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Households'.

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        Concern staff treats the most severe cases of malnutrition among children under five in the Rohingya refugee camps. Photo: Darren Vaughan / Concern Worldwide.
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        Residents line up as a staff of Concern Worldwide talks to them during a distribution of hygiene kits in district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/Concern Worldwide
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        Accountability and transparency are central to our values as an organisation. In fact, they are part of our core values. 
        Women and children arrive at a health centre where their children will be screened for malnutrition and receive treatment, Sasame Dispensary, Kibish North in Kenya's Turkana province. Photo: Lisa Murray/Concern Worldwide
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        Apoline Niyosenge is taught how to wash her hands properly by Concern community worker Abel Bamwisho, DRC. Photo: Pamela Tulizo

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