Why Burkina Faso?
Burkina Faso, is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 22 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. On 2 August 1984, President Thomas Sankara’s changed the country’s name from “Upper Volta” to “Burkina Faso” or land of the honest men.
Years of political instability led to the crumbling of a 27-year regime in 2014. Since then, the country has suffered recurrent attacks, including on schools, by armed groups. As the security situation deteriorates, more than 1,400,000 people have become internally displaced. Burkina Faso also faces a complex and severe humanitarian crisis caused by challenges in infant mortality, malnutrition, education, employment, food security, conflict, COVID-19, climate disasters, limited natural resources.
In Burkina Faso, over 5.5 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance, More than half of them are children.
