Early recovery

Early recovery is a coordinated, integrated and inclusive approach, gradually using the dividends of humanitarian action to reinforce a sustainable exit from crisis, to foster resilience, development opportunities and social change.

In Burkina Faso, climatic shocks, difficulties in accessing factors of production and the security crisis with its corollary of forced and hasty displacement, loss or abandonment of animals and limited access to land, have increased the vulnerability of agroforestry households and IDPs.

To enable shock-affected households to meet their food and non-food needs, Solidar Suisse is promoting the high-intensity labor (HIMO) method for the construction of infrastructure under the various projects, with strong involvement of IDPs and the very poor (whose participation is negotiated in advance with the host communities). The aim is to provide them with an income enabling them to stabilize their level of food consumption. Vulnerable people also receive training in a package of quick-win activities (fattening small ruminants, pigs) that can generate income over the course of a quarter, and in Income-Generating Activities (IGA) identified on the basis of a profitability and feasibility study.

Early recovery actions enable beneficiaries in the short term not to be totally dependent on aid, and to gradually recover their dignity as promoted by the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA). These rapid changes restore the confidence of vulnerable people, as they will have the income to meet their basic needs, reducing the risk of premature sale of livestock and recourse to devaluing survival practices.