Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso in West Africa is one of the world’s poorest countries. Four out of five families make a living by growing crops for their own consumption and for sale at market. In the dry season, many people travel to neighbouring countries in search of work.

Women in Burkina Faso have few rights, and few opportunities to earn their own incomes. 

Traditional social practices such as forced early marriage and female circumcision lead to high rates of death in childbirth.

ActionAid in Burkina Faso
Our work in Burkina Faso focuses on helping families to improve their farming techniques, improving access to health and education, and helping women to generate new sources of income.

We have helped establish gardens in schools. One initiative has set up a drying unit to process local fruits and vegetables for sale at market.

We support community-run health and HIV & AIDS awareness campaigns, and are working to improve local health services.

We also support adult education projects to help adults learn literacy and communication skills and how to access local services.

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