facilities have protected as many as 820 infants and
preschool children from dangerous environments and
provided them with safe activities while their parents
were otherwise engaged in work.
• Improving Literacy Rates among Adolescents
in Mining Areas:
A total of 142 adolescents have
benefited from night classes designed to raise literacy.
Primary education is the cornerstone of development
at an individual and national level. This project will improve
the prospects of vulnerable children living in and around
Burkina Faso’s mines and quarries and reduce exploitation
and child labor by providing schooling and development
opportunities, as well as reducing the social problems
faced by out-of-school children.
exploitation have been helped to return to school; and
36 children have taken remedial classes and are now
ready to enter the formal school system.
• Strengthening Schools and the Learning
Environment:
As well as providing grants to fund
nutritious lunches at 10 school cafeterias, the project
has also funded one childhood rights seminar designed
to consolidate anti-exploitation concepts among the 80
primary school teachers in attendance. Six classrooms
have also been refurbished with desks and chairs to
provide students with a better learning environment.
• Providing Preschool Care:
As part of project
implementation, simple kindergartens were established
at a number of mines. These centrally managed
An education officer directs a literacy class for street
children in Ouagadougou.
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