Burkina Faso

Schooling Displaced Children

Adrien Bitibaly / Enfants du Monde / Fairpicture

In 2022

20,246

children affected by the conflict were able to attend school

969

teachers have been trained in our pedagogy

143

schools were supported

This project is now complete.

On behalf of the global fund Education Cannot Wait, we ran a programme to support quality, inclusive continuing education for children affected by the security crisis, with the aim of enrolling displaced children following attacks on their villages, as well as disadvantaged children from host communities in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Centre-Nord and East regions.

Providing Displaced Children with Education in a Safe Learning Environment

Our teams in Switzerland and in the field are working to improve access to, retention in and continuity of education, in a safe and protective environment, for school-age children (3-17 years old) who are displaced, refugees or from vulnerable host families.

Enfants du Monde also supports the Ministry of Education in designing and distributing tools for peace and citizenship education.

Classrooms had to be built and equipped to accommodate the displaced children

Our Impact

Construction and installation of temporary learning spaces and mobile classrooms;
Opening and operation of alternative education centres and vocational training centres for children and adolescents;
Training teachers
Distributing school supplies (school bags, notebooks and textbooks)
Distributing protective masks, handwashing kits with soap and hand sanitiser
Distributing bicycles to vulnerable students living far from schools
Distribution of lighting equipment for home study sessions to vulnerable girls;
Distribution of hygiene kits to girls;
Provision of scholarships to vulnerable girls.

Protecting Children

We train parent-teacher associations so that families are better able to identify situations that put their children at risk and protect them by making school environments safer.