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Date Shared: 
Friday, July 7, 2023 - 16:30
Title: 

The school, a beacon of hope for IDP students

Countries and areas: 
Burkina Faso
Tags: 
Children and Youth, Migrant Protection and Assistance, Migration and Education
Summary: 

This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.
The main challenge to be solved by this project is to keep IDP pupils in school. The town of Dédougou is the capital of the commune of the same name. The commune is the capital of the Boucle du Mouhoun region. It has 37 administrative villages and seven districts, with a population of 124,000. Ten villages in the town of Dédougou were attacked by lawless men (terrorists) and, as a result, pupils stayed away from schools, the source of knowledge transmission.
To remedy this situation, pupils from these villages were moved to the town of Dédougou to continue their education.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2021-2022 – Mayors Mechanism’s Call to Local Action

Link: 

https://migrationnetwork.un.org/ar/node/7516/webform/submission/8061/table


Source (retrieved on 12/29/2025 - 04:51): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/13062