Burkina Faso: people in north receive food

19-08-2013 Photo gallery

In June 2013, farmers and livestock breeders in Oudalan Province, northern Burkina Faso, received food aid from the Burkinabé Red Cross Society, with support from the ICRC. Burkina Faso has been facing the consequences of the crisis in Mali since 2012, and has taken in almost 50,000 refugees. This influx is exacerbating the already difficult economic situation of people in the country.

- Ferrerio, Burkina Faso.
  Staff begin distributing food to people who are hosting Malian refugees. Each family will receive 50 kg of millet, 10 kg of beans, 5 litres of oil and 1 kg of salt.
  © ICRC / F. Gouba / v-p-bf-e-00043
- Gandafabou, Burkina Faso.
  People wait to receive their share of the food being distributed to those hosting Malian refugees. The people of this remote region of the Sahel are sharing the little they have with thousands of Malian refugees. The refugees arrived with their livestock, tripling the number of animals using the grazing land, which was already inadequate.
  © Burkinabé Red Cross Society
- Dibissi, Burkina Faso.
  Volunteers from the Burkinabé Red Cross Society ready to begin distributing food to people who are hosting Malian refugees.
  © T. Dofèrè
- Dibissi, Burkina Faso.
  Volunteers from the Burkinabé Red Cross Society register beneficiaries before starting the distribution operation.
  © ICRC / T. Dofèrè
- Gandafabou.
  Staff register people hosting Malian refugees, before starting the distribution operation.
  © Burkinabé Red Cross Society
- Ferrerio, Burkina Faso.
  Families who have received food aid take a rest following the distribution operation. They will receive another delivery of aid at the end of August.
  © ICRC / F. Gouba / v-p-bf-e-00038
- Ferrerio, Burkina Faso.
  Volunteers from the Burkinabé Red Cross Society help a blind beneficiary during the distribution of food to people hosting Malian refugees.
  © Burkinabé Red Cross Society
- Ferrerio, Burkina Faso.
  A beneficiary and a volunteer from the Burkinabé Red Cross Society during the distribution of food to people hosting Malian refugees.
  © Burkinabé Red Cross Society
- Ferrerio, Burkina Faso.
  Beneficiaries return home following the food distribution operation. The programme has enhanced food security for some 9,000 vulnerable people as they wait for the October harvest.
  © ICRC / F. Gouba / v-p-bf-e-00039