Plan International launches four projects worth CFA 3.4 billion in Burkina Faso
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso
Plan International Burkina Faso is launching four development projects worth more than CFA 3.4 billion, focused on economic resilience, food security, education and health. These initiatives target children, women and young people in particular, according to Lefaso, citing the organisation.
Plan International Burkina Faso is launching four projects with a combined budget of CFA 3.4 billion to support children, girls, women and young people, according to Lefaso. The initiatives cover economic resilience, food and nutrition security, community development, and maternal and child health.
The projects are the Green Economic Resilience and Entrepreneurship programme (REVE), the Strengthening and Improving Food and Nutrition Security project (BV-2N), the Integrated Community Development and Resilience Project (PIDCR-PBFA), and the initiative to accelerate the abandonment of female genital mutilation and promote maternal and child health (MGF/E Nakambé).
Plan International Burkina Faso Resident Representative Ahmed Maïga cited green jobs, the economic empowerment of women and young people, education, access to water, hygiene and sanitation, and the fight against malnutrition among the priorities. The REVE project alone has a budget of CFA 531,325,170.
