These are the stories from the JOFA-ACTE project in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Malawi, and Mali. Stories of commitment, hard work, and impact protecting children in emergencies.
BURKINA FASO
- Creating a Stabilizing Living Environment for Displaced Youth
Burkina Faso has a around 2,000,000 internally displaced persons. These internal migrations, resulting from conflict, have led to the displacement of over 285,000 children under the age of 15 in the Sahel region. These children fled their villages threatened by armed groups, only to find themselves in an unfamiliar environment without resources. […]Read More… from Creating a Stabilizing Living Environment for Displaced Youth
- Rebuilding lives
2,062,534 is the total number of internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso at the end of March 2023. Internal migration due to conflict has resulted in the displacement of 287,995 children under the age of 15 in the Sahel region, who have fled their villages threatened by armed groups to find themselves without resources in an unfamiliar environment. […] - Sandrine
Through her life story, Sandrine*, an internally displaced girl and beneficiary of the JF-CPiE project, explains how the psychosocial support activities and the programme to build children’s resilience have enabled her to protect herself against violence. […] - Why safe spaces for kids are changing families?
Since 2022, the Joining Forces for Child Protection in Emergencies (JF-CPiE) project has been operating in the Sahel region to rebuild a stable living environment for these uprooted families. Our teams currently support almost 7,000 children through child-friendly spaces (CFS), psycho-social follow-up sessions and awareness-raising sessions on children’s rights, positive parenting and hygiene, along with the distribution of dignity kits. […]Read More… from Why safe spaces for kids are changing families?