2022-25 HUM Burkina Faso

Overall objective of the country engagement: Internally displaced people and vulnerable host communities affected by the multidimensional crisis in Boucle du Mouhoun and Northern region of Burkina Faso have improved their socioeconomic resilience in more conflict resistant communities. The long-term changes (outcomes) of the country engagement 2022-2025: 1. Vulnerable and internally displaced children and young people have access to safe environments (recreational centres) fostering improved mental well-being and reintegration into the school system or technical training. 2. Social cohesion of crisis affected communities have improved through community-led and representative committees for dialogue and peace facilitating rights awareness raising and issue of ID documents to IDPs, and young ambassadors for peace mitigating the risk of radicalisation. 3. The essential needs, mainly food security, of newly arrived IDPs and vulnerable host communities have been addressed in exacerbated crisis through a locally managed humanitarian flex fund.