{"id":29,"date":"2017-10-11T14:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/en_cms\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2017-12-18T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T08:41:14","slug":"burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/what-we-do\/burkina-faso\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"breadcrumb\" class=\"cf\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/what-we-do\/\">What We Do<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Burkina Faso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<h2>Support children\u2019s nutrition improvement and economic self-reliance of mothers<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2005 HFW is conducting several projects to improve nutritional conditions and to increase the income of the local residents based in the regional health center in Koubri Country near the capital city Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n<p>To cope with high under-five mortality rate, we regularly treat malnourished children under five with high-nutrition porridge. We also provide nutrition education to mothers so that they can have nutritious meal at home as well. In addition, we provide school lunch at primary schools. With the improvement of nutritional conditions, students increased concentration on their studies and improved academic performance. In the graduation exams for middle school entrance, they have achieved higher score than national average.<\/p>\n<p>People in our project site mostly lives in poverty below 1.9 US$ per day, calling for the increase of their income to access sufficient food to live. HFW provides micro credit (small loan service) for mothers, who are the key persons to control family health conditions. We also conduct goat breeding project for income generation.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"clear linkBtn\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/burkina-faso\/lcbf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/key_3btn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/key_3btn.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/key_3btn-250x39.png 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/key_3btn-120x19.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/burkinastaff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Staffs at the Burkina Faso Office<\/p>\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map_bfe.gif\" alt=\"map of burkina faso\" width=\"200\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Land-locked country in the western part of Sub-Sahara Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<h2>About Burkina Faso<\/h2>\n<p>Burkina Faso is an inland country in the south of Sahara Desert, where most of the people are small-scale subsistent farmers under severe climatic conditions of this dry region. Traditional rain-fed agriculture in the country is highly susceptible to draught and unstable rainfall by extreme weather and low agricultural productivity due to soil degradation cause constant food insecurity. On the other hand, the national character is calm and hard-working as the country name \u201cBurkina Faso\u201d means \u201cCountry of noble people\u201d. Over 60 ethnic groups attached with their own cultures live together peacefully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/burkina2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Constantly dry climate except for the rainy season. Grain storage is seen behind children<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<h3>The background of HFW activities and issues to be solved<\/h3>\n<p>As a land-locked country with limited infrastructure, food price in Burkina Faso is high because of transportation cost. Farmers with low cash income face difficulty of getting food when they have bad harvest due to extreme weather. In such case they reduce their meal to one or two times a day with nutritionally unbalanced diet which is mostly carbohydrate, causing poor nutrition. In our project site, food expenditure composes extremely high portion of household budget, accounting for as high as 70% approximately; therefore, in the face of food price spikes and crop failure, they are forced to reduce number and quality of their daily meals, causing constant risk of undernutrition especially of children who have weak immune system. In this male-dominant society, meals for women and children has less priority. The challenge of this country is to spread nutritional knowledge and increase women\u2019s income.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/burkina4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Threshing millet using a pestle and a mortar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/burkina5.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/burkina5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/burkina5-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/burkina5-120x88.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Securing clean drinking water by repairing broken wells<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Four activities to foster joy of eating -Burkina Faso-<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"genericon genericon-video\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/category\/activities_report\/burkinafaso\/\">Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<p class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 25px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il01en-150x150.png\" alt=\"Developing communities\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il01en-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il01en-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il01en.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\">Develop rural communities<\/h3>\n<p>At four villages in Koubri Country, we conduct six projects including improvement of nutritional status, provision of school lunch, livestock breeding for income, and support to the local co-operative association. Facilitators selected from the community and received trainings are showing leaderships in the projects.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/developmentbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Improved heat-efficient cooking stoves do not consume too much firewood, protecting forests and reducing labor on women<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"s_gry\" \/>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<p class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 25px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il02en-150x150.png\" alt=\"Changing the system\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il02en-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il02en-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il02en.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\">Changing the system<\/h3>\n<p>HFW is proposing the right to food to be officially stated in the constitution of Burkina Faso. We also led the establishment of a network organization called \u201cActors\u2019 Network for Sustainable Development of Burkina Faso\u201d in partnership with other NGOs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/adovbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Workshop held by the network on effective advocacy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"s_gry\" \/>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<p class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 25px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il03en-150x150.png\" alt=\"Raising awareness\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il03en-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il03en-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il03en.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\">Raising awareness<\/h3>\n<p>We perform educational activities with a focus on the right to food. In order to make this concept easier to understand for the local people, we take various approaches such as picture-story shows. Residents are discussing ideas and making several proposals for the realization of right to food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awarenessbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Bringing necessary knowledge for the life of local residents using a picture-story show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"s_gry\" \/>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<p class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 25px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il04en-150x150.png\" alt=\"Youth development\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il04en-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il04en-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fomat_il04en.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\">Youth Development<\/h3>\n<p>One group consisting 67 youths are active in one region. In order to improve environmental hygiene to protect child health, they mainly perform cleaning and educational activities at primary schools. Members also gain working experience by supporting HFW activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/youthbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sTxt\">Skits to attract children\u2019s interest on the issue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home What We Do Burkina Faso Support children\u2019s nutrition improvement and economic self-reliance of mothers Si&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/what-we-do\/burkina-faso\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/2086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}