📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2024.4061.8
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1100 West Africa 1
Contact person:
Idrissa Ouedraogo idrissa.ouedraogo@giz.de
Partner countries:
Burkina Faso
SUMMARY
Goals:
The psycho-social well-being of internally displaced women and vulnerable members of host communities in the East Region of Burkina Faso is improved.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministère de l'Action Sociale and de la Solidarité Nationale
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
4,000,000 euros
Current project:
4,000,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREDECESSOR PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
12.11.2024 - 31.03.2028
Current project:
01.12.2024 - 31.03.2028
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
MORE INFORMATION
project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
gender equality
main goal
Inclusion and Empowerment of People with Disabilities
Significant secondary goal
CRS KEY
15220 Civilian Peace Development, Crisis Prevention and Conflict Resolution
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Since 2018, the number of internally displaced people in Burkina Faso has risen steadily: At 2.1 million people, they now affect almost ten percent of the population, the majority of whom are women and children.
They have lost family members and have been exposed to traumatic experiences. Women are responsible for the survival of their families under difficult financial conditions and are at the same time exposed to discriminatory gender norms and stigmatization.
All of this leads to severe psychological stress, and 41 percent of all internally displaced people in Burkina Faso suffer from mental health problems. State institutions are overwhelmed with the care of the many displaced people.
Objective
The mental well-being of internally displaced women and disadvantaged women in the host community is improved.
Approach
The project aims to improve the mental health and well-being of internally displaced women and vulnerable members of the host communities. To do this, it operates in several key areas:
It expands and improves psychosocial support services.
It advises government social and health services and non-governmental organizations that offer psychosocial support to mentally distressed women in the Fada N'Gourma community.
It develops community-based and individual support services through direct cooperation with local organizations, such as self-help groups, mobile counseling teams and safe spaces for women.
It trains employees to ensure high-quality psychosocial care.
It offers training for women so that they
