News and Stories: Burkina Faso
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November 19, 2019
CRS Supports Church Leaders Across the Sahel to Address Growing Violence and Unrest
Gathering of Church leaders highlights urgent need as millions face a humanitarian crisisMore
September 12, 2019
CRS Responds to Increasing Violence and Displacement in the Sahel
CRS has launched emergency response in region, providing clean water, food, shelterMore
June 25, 2018
Savings and Empowerment Are Keys to Success
CRS' SILC–Saving and Internal Lending Communities program–enables people to break the cycle of poverty.
March 8, 2018
CRS Microfinance Capacity Statement
During its decades of microfinance practice, CRS has focused on serving the poorest of the poor, primarily women and vulnerable populations living in remote rural communities for whom the cost of accessing financial services is very high. CRS began its microfinance work in 1988 by building the...
January 29, 2016
A Family of Helping Hands to End Hunger
Volunteers packaged more than 255,000 meals at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia as part of a Helping Hands event.
September 11, 2015
The Cost of Hunger in Burkina Faso
Today in Burkina Faso, more than 29% of children under age 5 have suffered from a form of malnutrition called stunting. Because they didn’t get enough nutritious foods in the womb and through their first 2 years of life, they are more prone to disease, poor school performance and difficulty when...
March 27, 2015
Water for Schools in Burkina Faso
At your school, getting a drink of water meant going down the hallway to the water fountain. You could wash your hands in the school lavatory. But for the students at the Goradji School in Burkina Faso, getting water means walking more than a mile....
March 7, 2013
Double Blessings in Burkina
The first child I meet at the Blessed John Paul II Center in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, is Adama. He seems inquisitive, so I pick him up and place him on my lap. Adama and I examine each other as Sister Pauline Drouin tells us about the clinic's services and procedures....
