The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Caritas started operations this Thursday humanitarian agreement to assist approximately 6,800 people displaced by violence Burkina Faso.
According to the statement from AECID, this institution will provide humanitarian aid. worth 229,161,20 euros Thanks to the initiative of Caritas in an African country whose population has been affected by an epidemic. humanitarian crisis aggravated by conflictfood insecurity, the consequences of Covid and the rise in food prices.
It is estimated that almost 40% of the population directly from Burkina Faso. affected by the closure or reduction of basic social services According to Cáritas, the lack of government services and more than 7% of the population have had to leave their homes in search of safety since the start of the conflict in 2019.
With a critical security situation, including ongoing conflicts between armed groups, the country has recorded a large number of security incidentswhich includes violence against the civilian population and the destruction of public property and infrastructure, resulting in significant population displacement.
The number of IDPs rose from 87,000 in January 2019 to 1,814,283 in February 2022.
In April this year, 1,902,150 internally displaced persons were registered; That’s 2.77% more than in March, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Funded by Spanish humanitarian action, the response will consist of cash deliveries to the country. a total of 980 families internally displaced women and vulnerable residents Ouahigouya (North), dory (Sahel) and Ouagadougou (Centre).
In total, the beneficiary population of this intervention, which will last for three months, about 6,860 peopleapproximately 55% are women and 45% are men.
Three cash deliveries of 47,500 CFA francs, approximately 72.41 euros per household, will be made so that at the end of the intervention each household will receive 142,500 francs, approximately 217.2 euros, an amount decided by the country’s Food Safety cluster.
AECID adds that this initiative complements other Caritas initiatives around the country for displaced families, with an average of seven members.
The most vulnerable groups identified for intervention are children under the age of 5, pregnant women, nursing mothers, the disabled, the elderly, widows, orphans and household heads.
this cash delivery It is considered most effective support method given the instability of the situation and the mobility of displaced families.