Informes

DAMBA CAMP, Burkina Faso, July 9 (UNHCR) – Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks has visited a camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the plight of tens of thousands of Malian refugees in Africa's Sahel…

More than 19 million people in the Sahel region including 2.8 million from Burkina Faso are at risk of food insecurity according to FAO report1. The reason for this severe food crisis is not only caused…

Highlights UNICEF is responding to a double emergency in Burkina Faso where the nutrition and refugee crises are affecting almost 3 million people. Out of an estimated 100,000 children under 5 with Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2012,…

Cologne. First aid and ambulance services are the focus of a new emergency relief project supported by Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s worldwide humanitarian aid service, in northern Burkina Faso. The project will be implemented…

By Henry Makiwa, June 20, 2012 According to the UN, at least 1 million children are at risk of the most severe form of malnutrition across the Sahel. Almost twice as many are at risk of malnutrition…

UNICEF urgently requires US$ 146 million to address the humanitarian needs of children and women in the Sahel in 2012. UNICEF emergency appeals in the Sahel have secured $93 million in funding against a revised requirement of…

by Hedinn Halldorsson “I’ve played a doctor since I was a child,” Jean tells me and grins. Jean is the nutrition expert of Save the Children in Burkina Faso and I’ve come to his office in Ouagadougou, the…

The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian funding to the Sahel by €40 million, bringing its response to the food crisis to €337 million. This extra funding comes just weeks before the food crisis is set…

The trip from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to the town of Kaya takes only a few hours but it instantly feels like a world away. The air-conditioned office and bustling streets quickly give way to…

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,…