BURKINA FASO

Burkina Faso has been affected by a security and humanitarian crisis for several years. Armed groups - who recruit children - kill hundreds of civilians in attacks targeting villages and convoys, as well as water points and gold mines.
Violence in eight of the country's 13 regions has forced nearly two million people to flee their homes. The government is struggling to deal with the growing number of IDPs.
These repeated attacks are also a scourge for children's education: in December 2023, 5,330 schools were closed, depriving over 820,000 children of schooling.
However, Burkina Faso, a rural country (nearly 74% of the population) and very young (64% under 25 years of age) still faces many challenges in education and employment.
44% of Burkinabe youth aged 15 to 24 live below the poverty line and 92% of the jobs available to them are in the informal sector. Unfortunately, an idle youth population is easier to recruit into armed groups.
Also, in spite of the State's will to develop early childhood services and that of the country's 359 communes, which share with the State responsibilities for providing the population with basic social services in the areas of civil status, health, education, etc., these services are still lacking due to a lack of resources.
Facilities for the care and development of young children remain rare and of poor quality, with poorly trained staff. And only 7 children out of 100 attend nursery school.

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