Burkina Faso

BASE: BURKINA ACTION SOLIDAIRE ET D’ENTRAIDE

BASE is an NGO with three main focus areas: child development and education, economic development, and peace-building. They take care of street children and youth helping them to socially and professionally integrate into society. While they provide a variety of services for their participants, they also use football as a way out for youth experiencing homelessness, substance abuse, and other social difficulties.

ORGANISATION DETAILS

PARTICIPANTS

Street children and marginalised youth facing
homelessness and social isolation.

LOCATIONS

Across the country including: Ouahigouya, Ramatoulaye, Koumbri, Ramatoulaye, Namissiguima, Youba, and Tougou.

country statistics

182 out of 189
in Human Development Index rankings (UNDP, 2019)

Average annual salary per person $790 (World Bank, 2021)

41% of the population live under the poverty line (WFP, 2021)

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in Western Africa with a population of 21.3 million. The majority of the population live in rural areas, with 80% of people working in agriculture. Urbanisation is estimated to reach 35% by 2026 (CIA World Factbook, 2021).

Burkina Faso is one of the countries with the lowest Human Development Index in the world. As of 2019, it is ranked 182 out of 189.

Living in a landlocked country, climate change, landscape degradation and slow economic development makes the country’s population particularly vulnerable to economic shocks, which limit vulnerable people’s access to food, as well as housing.

Forced eviction is a common problem in the country with people forced to leave their homes to make way for infrastructure projects (Source: Habitat World Map).

Access to sanitation and electricity is poor, while insufficient investment in education and infrastructure make any development gains hard to maintain. (World Food Programme, 2018).

As of 2021, More than 1.2 million people were internally displaced because of violent conflict, with an additional 20,000 displaced because of natural disasters. The country has been affected by climate change leading to increased flooding, landslides and droughts (Internal Displacement, 2021).

As of November 2021, Burkina Faso hosts more than 23,000 Malian refugees (UNHCR, 2021).