Burkina Faso is the first country where Nouvelle Planète became active, even before its official creation in 1986.
Strategy of Nouvelle Planète in Burkina Faso:
We support projects requested by women’s groups, villagers, and farmers in the following areas:
- Food sovereignty: market gardens, promotion of improved stoves, microcredits, beekeeping, food-processing units, and combating desertification.
- WASH: access to drinking water (boreholes and water towers), improved hygiene, and reforestation.
Key figures 2024
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319'778.-
BCOD is our strategic partner. It is based in Ouagadougou.
We currently focus our actions in the communes of Godyr and Didyr, 350 km northwest of Ouagadougou.
We also collaborate with groups that have close ties with Swiss partners (twinning arrangements). Projects are carried out in the fields of waste management, school education, and income‑generating activities.
Examples of projects
Establishment of a market garden and a shea butter processing unit for women (1 year)
Supplying drinking water, reforestation and improving hygiene for the 3,500 inhabitants of the village (1 year)
Promotion of small loans and provision of sheep to women's groups (1 year)
Reforestation and adopting new farming methods to combat desertification (2 years)
