Reports

In the Sahel region of west Africa drought and conflict have left millions of people facing severe shortages of food and water. The situation is critical near the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, where thousands…

Insécurité alimentaire critique (phase 3) dans une grande partie de la bande sahélienne Ce bulletin spécial fait la synthèse des travaux de la Cellule Régionale d’analyse du Cadre Harmonisé qui se sont déroulés du 2 au 6…

1. Executive Summary The food security and nutrition crisis in the Sahel will affect an estimated 18 million people this year, and over one million children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition. In Burkina Faso, a deficit…

by Sarah Oughton In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women’s groups with community gardens where they grow vegetables that provide a lifeline for families struggling with severe hunger. Niaptana is a…

HIGHLIGHTS A new food and nutrition crisis is affecting millions of people across the Sahel Region of Western Africa this year, due to a combination of drought, high grain prices, decrease in remittances, environmental degradation, displacement of…

Key messages Planned and ongoing food aid programs should keep very poor and poor households in potential problem areas (livelihood zones 8, 9, 7, and 5) in Phase 2 (stressed) of the IPC acute food insecurity phase…

En partenariat avec Caritas Canada Développement et Paix et la Banque Canadienne des Grains (CFBG), l’OCADES Caritas Burkina conduira un projet d’aide alimentaire aux populations, de juin à septembre 2012. Ce projet s’inscrit …

A bleak narrative of 16 million plus people on the brink of starvation in West Africa’s Sahel region has captured headlines. But the brewing food crisis, spanning Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad,…

By Faye Callaghan, in Burkina Faso Bazam Adizeita is putting all her hope in four scrawny chickens. As they scratch around under her bed in the straw hut, it’s hard to share her optimism. Bazam lives in…

Convoy of Hope is shipping 400,000 meals to the African countries of Burkina Faso and Niger in the Sahel region, where millions of people are facing deadly famine and drought. Watch video here “This is part of our…