Burkina faso is a USAID resilience-focus country

This $6,334,400 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will support an education activity in Burkina Faso to enhance individual, household, and community resilience. The activity will complement past and existing USAID stabilization, food security, youth, and economic growth efforts in the region, with a focus on increasing access to quality education that promotes social well-being and develops foundational literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills for children and youth. The 5-year project, awarded to the non-profit organization Save The Children Federation, Inc., will align with USAID's West Africa and Sahel Regional Development and Cooperation Strategy goal of inclusive social and economic development in a more resilient, democratic, and integrated West Africa.

To enhance individual, household and community resilience, this activity will complement past and existing USAID stabilization, food security, youth and economic growth activities, and layer in geographic areas of implementation. The west africa and sahel regional development and cooperation strategy (rdcs), which includes burkina faso, has a goal of inclusive social and economic development in a more resilient, democratic, integrated west africa. This education activity will align with this objective specifically contributing to the regional development objective 4: vulnerability of targeted populations reduced and intermediate result 4.2 economic and political drivers of violent extremism addressed. The activity also advances USAID's education policy priorities below: ¿ children and youth, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable, have increased access to quality education that is safe, relevant, and promotes social well-being. ¿ children and youth gain foundational literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills that are critical for future learning and success.