Equipping Schools to Accommodate Internally Displaced Students - Burkina Faso

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives’ (OTI) Burkina Faso Regional Program (BFRP) provided the Est region’s Regional Directorate of Non-Formal Primary and Preschool Education (DREPPNF) and the Nord region’s Provincial Directorate for Non-Formal Primary and Preschool Education (DPEPPNF) in Loroum province with basic school equipment necessary for accommodating at least 5,000 displaced children, including 2,300 girls. 30 schools in Fada, Gayéri, Matiacoali, Namounou, and Kantchari, and 20 schools in Titao in the Nord received assistance, which consisted of over 4,600 pieces of furniture, including student and teacher desks, chairs, and benches. Community involvement was prioritized to ensure sustainable equipment management and to increase understanding of the local security context. Members of the management committee and Parent Associations benefited from training on countering violent extremism and basic furniture maintenance, which strengthened the communities' capacity to maintain and repair the school equipment. In addition, participants received repair kits, including saws, hammers, screwdrivers, and other tools to assist with repairs.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Burkina Faso

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Regional Directorate of Non-Formal Primary and Preschool Education (DREPPNF)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • School facilities

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms

Other

  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies

School-related gender-based violence

  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved mental health
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms