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Resilience programme covers 28 communes in Burkina Faso

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The Sahel Resilience Partnership operates in five regions of Burkina Faso, across 62 sites in 28 communes, to strengthen social services, food security, livelihoods and social cohesion. Funded in part by the German government, the programme brings together WFP, UNICEF and GIZ; Lefaso describes its activities and areas of operation.

The Sahel Resilience Partnership (SRP) operates in 28 communes in Burkina Faso, covering 62 resilience sites in five regions: Yaadga, Koulsé, Oubri, Goulmou and Nakambé, Lefaso reports. The programme receives financial support from the German government and aims to strengthen vulnerable communities’ ability to cope with food insecurity, climate change, a lack of social services and local tensions.

The SRP brings together the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and GIZ, Germany’s international cooperation agency. UNICEF works in health, nutrition, water, sanitation, education and social protection, while WFP supports agricultural production, school canteens, nutrition and land restoration. GIZ supports conflict prevention, natural resource governance and community dialogue.

The programme targets women, children, young people, small-scale producers, displaced people and host communities in particular. It also plans to build the capacity of national, local and community organisations so that they can anticipate and respond to crises, according to Lefaso.

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