Reports

WFP is piloting a cash transfer scheme for Malian refugees in Burkina Faso – the first activity of its kind for Malian refugees in West Africa. OUAGADOUGOU – On 21 August, WFP carried out its first distribution…

WFP Burkina Faso is carrying out Cash for Assets activities across six regions of the country, providing cash to vulnerable households in return for activities that boost food security. In Balogo, a village in Burkina Faso’s Centre…

Now in the middle of the lean season, WFP is scaling up its operation in Burkina Faso by launching cash interventions that aim to assist over 92,000 households to purchase available food on local markets. WFP launched…

Abstract Societies have a stake in ensuring that their youngest populations receive regular health check-ups and proper medical care when needed. Children whose health is protected and nurtured have a better chance of enrolling in school, learning,…

Key Messages - Most poor households are not acutely food insecure and should remain so through the end of March, even in the country's Sahelian and North-Central regions and in parts of the East. These regions, classified as at-risk areas…

ZINCKO, 10 August 2009 (IRIN) - Continued high food prices and growing unemployment justify expanding food voucher distributions in Burkina Faso, according to a mid-year evaluation by World Food Programme (WFP) of its largest voucher programme in Africa. Launched in…

OUAGADOUGOU, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) - Families in Burkina Faso's second-largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso, have begun receiving US$3 vouchers that can be cashed in for maize, cooking oil, salt, sugar and soap. The distribution is the second half of a World Food…

OUAGADOUGOU - WFP today launched its first food voucher operation in Africa, deploying a new tool to address hunger in an urban environment where food is available, but beyond the reach of many because of the impact of high…

OUAGADOUGOU - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched its first food voucher operation in Africa, deploying a new tool to address hunger in an urban environment where food is available, but beyond the reach of many…

DAKAR, 3 September 2008 (IRIN) - Experts say many of the right conditions are in place across West Africa to make cash distributions work in the current global food price crisis. Michael O'Donnell, head of hunger reduction for non-governmental organisation…