Girls access to education with school canteens in Burkina Faso

This project aims to offer school feeding activities to help systematically eliminate barriers related to educating students especially girls in high-priority regions of Burkina Faso namely Sahel Boucle du Mouhoun Nord Centre-Nord and Est. This project works to improve access retention gender equality equity and protection of children particularly for girls. Project activities include: 1) the implementation of regular school feeding programs but also emergency school feeding programs to meet the growing needs of host communities and thousands of displaced people; 2) distribution of 3 300 tons of food to 60 000 students mostly girls to provide them with a hot meal; 3) serve morning breakfasts with take-home rations to nearly 5 000 girls. The provision of take-home rations is intended to encourage parents to keep their daughters in school until the end of primary school reducing among other things the risk of early marriage and pregnancy.

The expected outcomes for this project includes: 1) increased equitable access to safe secure quality and inclusive education and learning for girls adolescent girls including those with disabilities and boys in crisis and conflict situations fragile and humanitarian settings. Students in targeted schools will be sensitized on hygiene and coronavirus prevention (COVID-19); 2) improved food security and nutrition for school-age girls including those with disabilities and boys in targeted areas.