Moving out of poverty requires more than a greater income. Local entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso explain why.
Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project Celebrates 20 Years in Benin and Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project-Benin and The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso are celebrating their 20th year of working to end chronic hunger and poverty! Our 20-year record of achievement in Benin and Burkina Faso is grounded in the principle that people must be the agents of their own change. We invite you to learn more about our programs in both countries, and celebrate community partners who are doing the incredible work of ending hunger for themselves, their neighbors and their families.
In Burkina Faso, Sankara Salamata Broadens Earning Horizons With the Introduction of Market Gardens
Sankara Salamata, along with other credit committee members and The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso, recently set up a market garden for the women of Boulkon Epicenter to work on during the dry season to produce vegetables.
The Burkina Faso Women’s Empowerment Program Empowers Female Leadership to End Child Marriage
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso held workshops in female leadership and the fight against the early and forced marriage of girls as part of it’s Women’s Empowerment Program.
In Burkina Faso, Building a Resilient Community Against Disease
David Podiagué from Burkina Faso is a 33-year-old licensed nurse who has been working with the Center of Health and Social advancement at the Boulkon Epicenter since 2010. David has witnessed firsthand the benefits that the epicenter has garnered through a partnership...
Burkina Faso Improves Leadership Capacity, Farming Techniques and Women’s Empowerment Workshops in 2014
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso led food security workshops on new farming techniques and spearheaded two new women’s empowerment trainings.
Advances In Ending Child Marriage In Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project’s programs in Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso are helping end child marriages through legislative changes, advocacy, and educational initiatives.
New Planning and Decentralization Partnership in Burkina Faso
Under the leadership of Country Director Evariste Yaogho, The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Decentralization.
New Partnership to Address Food Security and the Environment in Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso and The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in early March. This partnership demonstrates the shared commitment of both CILSS and The Hunger Project to...
VIDEO: News Coverage of Free HIV Screenings at Burkina Faso Epicenter
On May 14, 2011,The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso partnered with local health groups to organize a two-day educational campaign for HIV/AIDS, followed by free testing and free medical consultations. Watch local news coverage of the event. An English transcript of...
Health Partnership Provides Free HIV Screening in Burkina Faso
In May 2011, The Hunger Project (THP)-Burkina Faso organized a two-day educational campaign for HIV/AIDS, followed by free testing and free medical consultations. The campaign was carried out in partnership with a doctor's association (ADD), directed by medical...
Community Leader in Burkina Faso Stresses the Importance of Self-reliant Development
After Yabré Belemgnégré participated in THP-Burkina workshops, she learned that development requires preparedness including a vision, a commitment and due actions. Yabré says, “If anything has to be done in our villages, it will have to be initiated and sustained by us, the local population, first and above all.”
Empowered Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso
Moving out of poverty requires more than a greater income. Local entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso explain why.
The Hunger Project Celebrates 20 Years in Benin and Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project-Benin and The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso are celebrating their 20th year of working to end chronic hunger and poverty! Our 20-year record of achievement in Benin and Burkina Faso is grounded in the principle that people must be the agents of their own change. We invite you to learn more about our programs in both countries, and celebrate community partners who are doing the incredible work of ending hunger for themselves, their neighbors and their families.
In Burkina Faso, Sankara Salamata Broadens Earning Horizons With the Introduction of Market Gardens
Sankara Salamata, along with other credit committee members and The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso, recently set up a market garden for the women of Boulkon Epicenter to work on during the dry season to produce vegetables.
The Burkina Faso Women’s Empowerment Program Empowers Female Leadership to End Child Marriage
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso held workshops in female leadership and the fight against the early and forced marriage of girls as part of it’s Women’s Empowerment Program.
In Burkina Faso, Building a Resilient Community Against Disease
David Podiagué from Burkina Faso is a 33-year-old licensed nurse who has been working with the Center of Health and Social advancement at the Boulkon Epicenter since 2010. David has witnessed firsthand the benefits that the epicenter has garnered through a partnership...
Burkina Faso Improves Leadership Capacity, Farming Techniques and Women’s Empowerment Workshops in 2014
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso led food security workshops on new farming techniques and spearheaded two new women’s empowerment trainings.
Advances In Ending Child Marriage In Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project’s programs in Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso are helping end child marriages through legislative changes, advocacy, and educational initiatives.
New Planning and Decentralization Partnership in Burkina Faso
Under the leadership of Country Director Evariste Yaogho, The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Decentralization.
New Partnership to Address Food Security and the Environment in Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso and The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in early March. This partnership demonstrates the shared commitment of both CILSS and The Hunger Project to...