Burkina Faso: Children

(asked on 6th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support children affected by recent school closures as a result of insecurity in Burkina Faso.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 13th January 2022

The UK is concerned about escalating violence in Burkina Faso, including the closure of more than 3000 schools as of December 2021 due to insecurity. The UK is the largest bilateral donor to Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a global fund to transform the delivery of education in emergencies. We have earmarked £30 million of our ECW funding between 2019-24 to the Sahel and surrounding countries, including Burkina Faso. This supports access to quality and safe education for children affected by crisis and conflict.

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