August 17

• Burkina Faso: An Update on Nutrition Programmes in the Yagha Province [press release]

  Aminata Sam Saga is one of the nurses working on the nutrition programme of the Belgian Red Cross and Burkinabé Red Cross Society in Sebba, Yagha province, in Burkina Faso.... Read more »

July 5

• Burkina Faso: Communal Gardens and Animal Programmes to Support Families

  The Yaliyaré garden in Sebba, a village in the Yagha province of Burkina Faso, gives hope to the 25 households who cultivate the land. This garden is part of a collection of... Read more »

May 23

• West Africa: Sowing the Seeds of a Better Future in the Sahel [press release]

  Habsatou Abdulaye, 53, Lives in Niaptana one of many communities in Burkina Faso which regularly face food crises and where the Red Cross has helped women establish vegetable... Read more »

May 15

• Burkina Faso: An Oasis of Hope in the Sahel [press release]

  In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women's groups with community gardens where they grow vegetables that provide a lifeline for families... Read more »

May 9

• Burkina Faso: A Family's Fate Balanced On Chickens and Hope for Rain [press release]

  Bazam Adizeita is putting all her hope in four scrawny chickens. As they scratch around under her bed in the straw hut, it's hard to share her optimism. Bazam lives in Northern... Read more »

April 6

• Burkina Faso: Ouilimatou's Story - Young and Hungry

  Ouilimatou Diko, 21 months old, knows little about the bad rainy season, drought and insect infestations which led to poor harvests in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso where he... Read more »

March 30

• Burkina Faso: Red Cross Scales Up Response to Food Crisis

  Before mid-morning it is already hot in Tin Akoff and Mohamed Ingouda, 46, stands patiently in line waiting for his Burkinabe Red Cross food voucher. Read more »