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| Photographer: Bente Kristensen |
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Welcome to Plan Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, where Plan has worked for 26 years, continues to experience economic difficulties. The majority of the population survives on less than £1 per person each day. Last year, we made a difference in the lives of 38,840 children, their families and communities.
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked country about 600 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
Like most African countries, Burkina Faso's population consists of numerous and diverse ethnic groups. The two largest groups are the Mossi and the Fulani. Most people live in rural areas.
Most Burkinabes live in an extended family environment. The eldest male is the head of the family consisting of wives, children, brothers as well as their families. Children are the responsibility of their mothers and live with them until they are teenagers. Disabled and older people live with their families and are fully accepted. Young children are expected to help in all everyday tasks, gradually assuming the responsibilities of their elders.
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Youths chronicles of the Forum Media & Developement
Child Expression is important for Plan, and children are able to express and participate in development activities. As for the Media and Developement forum, children wrote chronicles of their experience they wanted the world to read.
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Louis Michel talks with the children
The Media & Development Forum has been an opportunity for us children and youth journalists to meet with high personalities. One of them, Louis Michel, European Commission in charge of the Development and the Humanitarian issues, kindly accepted to offer us an interview. |
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Teen journalists under the spotlights
State officials, media professionals, actors of the civil society were all surprised as they met young journalists at the Ouagadougou forum. The teenagers would not hesitate one second to interview people handing to them a microphone, placing a camera in front of them and taking shots. |
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Media & development forum in Burkina
The Capital of Burkina, Ouagadougou, hosted a forum on the theme “Media & Development” from September 11th to 13th 2008. A great opportunity for Plan to advocate for children's rights. |
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More girls in school
A campaign for girls’ enrolment in school was launched by Plan and the ministry of basic education on September 15th, 2008 in the town of Boulsa Namentenga region, northern Burkina Faso. |
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Conference on child rights in West Africa
Ouagadougou held a conference for 8 francophone countries in West Africa. The aim was increasing State parties obligations regarding the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. |
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Striking Universal Birth Registration campaign
February in Burkina was definitely the month of the Universal Birth Registration campaign. After the FESPACO, meeting with officials gives hope of increased support to Plan's actions in the field. |
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Promoting UBR
Outstanding West African filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo helped Plan, UNICEF, UNFPA advocate for UBR with a spot. |
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30 years' devotion to the children and communities
Plan Burkina Faso’s 30th anniversary celebrations which started last February 2006 with media events culminated last November 17 in a solemn and colorful ceremony attended by Prime Minister Ernest Yonli and 5 other cabinet members, members of parliament, ambassadors and outstanding personalities in the country. |
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The Plan Childhood Prize
The Association for Youth and Children Workers won 1st prize. Their work to help children and young people in hard working conditions is a great achievement. |
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Youth Workshop
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