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.

Recent News
Subscribe
Join thousands of Action Against Hunger supporters and subscribe now to our monthly newsletter and alerts.
Donate
Action Against Hunger is a four-star charity rated by Charity Navigator, a 2011 Top Nonprofit rated by Philanthropedia, and rated an "A" by CharityWatch.
We're a Top Nonprofit
Action Against Hunger has been named one of the top nonprofits of 2011 by a panel of experts rating international charities.













