Burkina Faso
Early Childhood Development | Family Support 2020-2023
Parenting support
In order to prepare future generations and fight against inequality and extreme poverty in Burkina Faso, it is urgent to help parents to awaken and educate their children from the earliest age.
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The context
Burkina Faso continues to face major challenges in education, literacy, health and youth employment.
Many underprivileged parents, preoccupied with their daily survival and with little education, are not aware of the importance of early childhood development.
Many toddlers receive very little stimulation.
When mothers work, they often take the children with them or leave them with young girls with little or no training.
The enrollment of children in preschool, important for their development and to prepare them for entry into elementary school, is far from being a given.
Only 7 children out of 100 attend nursery school.
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For every €100 raised by Planète Enfants & Développement, €84.4 goes to our social mission.
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%
of the population lives in poverty (World Bank 2022)
%
C'est le taux d'alphabétisation des plus de 15 ans (World Bank 2022)
is the country's ranking on its Human Development Index (UNDP 2022)
The project
Planète Enfants & Développement, present in Burkina Faso since 2004, has focused in recent years on supporting very vulnerable families and developing preschool education.
To raise awareness and bring about lasting changes in behavior, we support parents in the education of their young children. The aim is to inform and raise awareness among parents of the importance of early childhood care and development, and to encourage them to enroll their children in nursery school.
Between 2020 and 2023, we carried out the following activities in the central and eastern regions of Burkina Faso (Fada, Diabo, Tibga and the outlying districts of Ouagadougou):
Production and broadcasting of radio programs on parenting in the local language
To guide awareness-raising messages, the association organized a survey of parents' perceptions, knowledge and practices in Fada.
Then she produced, translated (into Gulmancema, Fufuldé, Mooré and French) and broadcast 15 programs to inform and answer parents' questions, on local radio stations, a medium that reaches most of the population.
Organization of activities in the neighborhoods
As part of the project, we trained the teams of our local partner APAC in animation techniques to support parenthood.
In addition to extra-curricular activities for the children, monthly educational "chats" were also organized with residents of the communes of Tigba, Diabo and Fada, as well as home visits to families.
Other projects :
Burkina-Faso: The job of chilminder, for the awakening of children
Burkina-Faso: Improving early learning for children aged 3 to 6
Burkina-Faso: Training of preschool educators
"Half of the parents interviewed said that their children's awareness was the main motivation for enrolling them in school. This shows that parental awareness has had a positive effect on enrollment in these CEEPs. The safety of the children is also very important to them. The fences around the school and the supervision of the children by the teachers reassure them".
Moustapha Zabre, consultant who conducted a study in 10 preschools supported by PE&D
Our partners in the field
Ministry of National EducationMinistry of Education, Literacy and National Language Promotion (MENA/PLN)
Ministry of Women's Affairsof National Solidarity, Family and Humanitarian Action
National Institute of Social Work Education (INFTS)
APAC-Fandima Association for Artistic and Cultural Promotion-Fandima which contributes to community development through culture in the Eastern region