Consolidate the process of socio-economic integration of children working on traditional gold-panning sites in the province of Kourwéogo.

Financial partners :

Liechtensteinois de développement (LED)

Implementing partners :

Ministère de la Jeunesse, de la formation et de l’insertion professionnelle (MJFIP)

Association pour la promotion et le développement paysan kog-lyan (APDPK)

Direction provinciale du ministère de l’agriculture et des aménagements hydrauliques

Approaches : AFI-D

Contribute to the implementation and operationalization of integrated human rights protection systems at traditional gold panning sites in the Central Plateau region.

Children working on traditional gold-mining sites and their mothers

Purchase of 10 installation kits for selected young people;
Covering the direct costs of schooling and vocational training for children removed from gold-mining sites;
Strengthening the protective environment of beneficiary children (health care, catering, food support for guardians);
Regular counseling of children in family and professional settings;
Advocacy meetings with the Ministry of Youth to promote entrepreneurship training for young people at the end of their training;

Project news

Ceremony to present the results of the project “Améliorer l’insertion socio-professionnelle des jeunes de 09 à 16 ans victimes du travail dans les sites d’orpaillage dans la province du Kourwéogo” (“Improving the socio-professional integration of young people aged 09 to 16 who are victims of work on gold-panning sites in the province of Kourwéogo”).

21.05.20

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Child labor at gold mining sites is more than a reality in Burkina Faso. The province of Kourwéogo is one of those areas where the presence of children on gold-mining sites is very high. A...