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Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso

AVN’s historical country, the deployment of the programme in Burkina Faso started in 1998 around Boromo. To date, 3,484 NV projects have been carried out for the benefit of more than 30,500 people, 493 NV apprentices, masons, artisans and entrepreneurs are active on the market and 8 local employees and many partners are involved in the dissemination of the programme.

Country information

  • Population in 2023: 22,7 million (68% rural)
  • GDP per capita: $832 (World Bank 2022)
  • Climate: Sudano-Sahelian

Key data

  • 1998-2000: 1st technical tests to standardize the NV concept
  • 2000-2006: Start of the programme, awareness, training of masons, constructions
  • 2007: 1st AVN local team in Boromo
  • 2011-2013: Regional duplication in Koubri, Dédougou, Yako et Bama
  • 2013-2016: Pilot projects of NV housing microcredit with 2 MFIs
  • 2014-2016: 1st collaborative partnerships with farmers’ organization
  • 2015-2016: development and testing of training strengthening methodologies
  • 2017-2018: implementation of the IU-IT strategy

Territorial Rollout

Buildings constructed

To date, there is more than 3,400 NV projects carried out in Burkina Faso for an area of approximately
112,400 m2, for the benefit of more than 30,500 people. The average annual growth is 12% over the past 10 seasons.

If the majority of the buildings constructed remain for housing in rural areas, the exemplary community and agricultural buildings built each season bear witness to the gradual adoption of the NV concept.

Results

In 2022-23:
  • 373 worksites completed representing a built area of 10,366 m2
  • 96% of buildings used for housing
  • 84% completed with financial incentives for eco-construction
  • 16 community buildings including 6 for production/livestock
  • 39 localities with at least 1 NV building (828 since the beginning of the programme)
  • 45% of sites found independently by NV masons (without AVN’s intervention)
  • 60% of buildings involved a partner organisation
  • 2,682 new user-beneficiaries

    Update August 2023

Supply Training

In 2022-23, 493 apprentices, masons, artisans and entrepreneurs including 25 Trainer Masons are active in the NV market in Burkina Faso.

Results

In 2022-23:
  • 493 active apprentices, masons, artisans and entrepreneurs
  • 136 apprentices who began their training this season
  • 282 new qualifications

Training activities: 211 modules

  • 155 on site training
  • 56 Academic modules

Update August 2023

Local partners

AVN’s IU-IT strategy involves strong mobilisation of partners.

Operational partners (OP)

Implementation Territory - Operational Partner (IT-OP) - projects in progress or awaiting funding:
  • Fédération Nationale des Groupements Naam (FNGN)
  • Association Teed Yalgre (ATY)
  • Associations Provincial des Artisans et Groupements d’Artisans Non-Taaba du Boulgou (APAGAN-B)
  • Unions Régionales des productrices de Dolo de la Boucle du Mouhoum (URPD-BM-Binkadi)
  • AFEDN
  • APAK
  • Association Entraide Familiale (AEF)
  • Association pour la Promotion du Genre et de l’épanouissement de la Femme (APGEF)

Relay partners (RP)

  • SOS-Faim
  • WeltHungerHilfe
  • Mairie de Ouagadougou

Technical partners (TP)

  • Association pour la Promotion des Finances Inclusives au Burkina Faso (APFI-B)
  • Union des Baorés Tradition, Épargne et de Crédit (UBTEC)
  • Centre de formation de métiers des mines et carrière, bâtiments et travaux publics de Boromo (CEMCA/BTP)

Notable projects and activities

Here is a selection of remarkable projects and activities implemented in Burkina Faso in recent seasons:

Current projects

Projects completed

Project "Deployment of a green eco-construction sector for the development and resilience of populations in the Center East Region of Burkina Faso"
Funded by the Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL)
Sept. 2020 > June 2023

Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Support Program (PAFPA)
Funded by the Ministry of Youth and Promotion of Youth Entrepreneurship (MJPEJ) and the National Council of Burkinabè Employers (CNPB)
Jan. 2021 > Oct. 2023

SHIFT: Supporting Host communities and IDPs to Facilitate sustainable Transition towards inclusive solutions
Funded by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) via DANIDA grant
Jan. 2021 > June 2023

Project "Establishment of an environment-friendly housing construction industry in the North region" (Phase 2)
co-financed by SOS Faim and the Walloon Air and Climate Agency(AWAC) and implemented by SOS Faim in partnership with the National Federation of Naam Groups (FNGN)
March. 2022 > Feb. 2024

Project “An ecological and sustainable shelter for displaced populations and host communities»
Funded by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN-HCR)
Jan. > Nov. 2021 then Jan. > May 2022

Pilot shelter support program for internally displaced and host populations in Burkina Faso
Funded by Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Feb > Oct. 2021

Project "Support for the construction of 50 chicken coops in NV in the province of Bam, Center-East Region"
Funded by Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH-BF)
Jan. > April 2018 then Feb > Dec. 2020

Project "Establishment of an environmentally friendly housing construction industry in the North region" (Phase 1)
co-financed by SOS Faim and the Walloon Air and Climate Agency(AWAC) and implemented by SOS Faim in partnership with the National Federation of Naam Groups (FNGN)
Janvier 2019 > Août 2021

Cross-border project "Emancipation of cross-border communities in the grip of destabilization"
Funded by the PATRIP Foundation via Welt Hunger Hilfe
Sept. 2019 > Aug. 2021

"Strengthening the resilience of young people and women in the border areas of the Boucle du Mouhoun by their integration into the growing market of the Nubian Vault, creating jobs and contributing to endogenous economic development"
Funded by Expertise France
June 2020 > August 2021

Cross-border project "Emancipation of cross-border communities in the throes of destabilization"
Funded by the PATRIP Foundation through Welt Hunger Hilfe
Sept. 2019 > August 2021

"Establishment of an environment-friendly habitat construction sector in the North region of Burkina Faso"
Funded by the Walloon Air and Climate Agency (AWAC) through SOS Faim
January 2019 > August 2021

Unisféra / Ministry of Quebec cooperation project
Funded by the Quebec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MDDELC) through Unisféra,
Sept. 2017 > August 2020

Youth Jobs and Skills Development Project (PEJDC)
Funded by the International Association for Development (IDA/Groupe Banque Mondiale)
Sept. > Dec. 2019

Pilot humanitarian program for migrants in Africa
Funded by the Government of the Republic of Poland, through the Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM)
Sept. > Dec. 2018

Construction of VN henhouses in the province of Bam
Funded by Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH-BF)
Jan. > April 2018

PISCCA: future NV artisans for the Passoré
Funded by the French Embassy
Jan. 2017> June 2018

FAO project: 4 agricultural buildings in the North and Sahel regions
Funded by the European Union
Sept. 2016 > August 2017

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