Burkina Faso
Possessing very few natural resources, the country is dependent on an agricultural economy which is having trouble supporting a demographic boom (in less than 30 years, the population has doubled) in the midst of successive and alternating waves of floods and dry spurts. Furthermore, the country has been confronted with new problems including a rapidly growing urbanization, inflation, cholera outbreaks which subsist in Ouagagadougou, in addition to the AIDS pandemic.
Global Hunger Index
Alarming
Population
16 million
Malnutrition in Children under 5 Years Old
26% in 2009
Beneficiaries
24,302 in 2011
Recent News
Millions in the Sahel Face Food Crisis without Increased Funding
April 23, 2012
Breaking News Press Releases
A huge gap in funding for aid projects aimed at preventing the deepening food crisis in the Sahel is threatening to leave millions of people hungry in the coming months, a coalition of aid agencies has warned today.... Read
Cash Transfers a Successful Antidote to Sahel Emergency
March 7, 2012
Breaking News
Although it may seem counter-intuitive in the context of a humanitarian emergency, money can be one of the most effective mediums for saving lives during emergencies such as that unfolding across the Sahel—a crisis in which three million children are expected to become severely malnourished in the coming months.... Read
Sahel Food Crisis: 10 Leading Aid Agencies Call for Urgent 'Surge' in Aid for 10 Million Hungry People
July 8, 2010
Breaking News
NEW YORK, NY— Ten leading aid agencies today called for a 'surge' in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The center of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population, have not enough food.... Read
Flooding in Burkina Faso Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless
September 14, 2009
Breaking News
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso—International humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International has mounted an emergency response after the heaviest rainfall in almost a century destroyed major parts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The flooding has affected more than 150,000 people, a third of whom have sought refuge in dozens of temporary shelters throughout the city.... Read
Action Against Hunger Calls for a Global Fund to Fight Hunger and Malnutrition
April 9, 2008
Advocacy
The phenomenon of rising food prices is witnessed by Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in many countries in which it operates (Haiti, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, ... Read
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