Through WAN, dozens of displaced families in poverty benefit from economic strengthening in Burkina Faso, for better protection of their children.

Alternative care for children: International Social Service (ISS) builds the capacity of foster families in Burkina Faso

As part of the fight against COVID-19, the International Service Social – West Africa (ISS-WA) has made donations to shelters for children difficulties in Burkina Faso.

The insecurity affecting the Sahel has left hundreds of thousands of people displaced, including many children and young people. In the "9th" district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, some large families are settled and live in precarious conditions, with food, economic, sanitary and housing problems. Sensitive to the situation of internally displaced children and young people and faithful to its commitment in their favour, ISS-WA, through WAN, set up in December 2019, as a matter of urgency, an initiative to promote the rights to education called INITIATIVE 1-2-3. A total of 123 of them have been supported in an educational project. Three months after their reintegration into schools, ISS-WA and the AMWCY organised a follow-up mission for these children and their families.

My name is Djibril Fall, I am African and of Senegalese nationality. Like many of us who do it in the shadows, I aspire to make my time on earth a useful moment for as many people as possible, starting with those who need it most.