The Christian NGO Compassion International Burkina Faso (CIBF), officially launched on Tuesday its second response plan against food insecurity of one billion 600 million FCFA, to reach 9,000 families vulnerable. 'Like several countries around the world where the survival of millions of people is threatened by the food crisis and the disintegration of the social fabric, Burkina Faso has been experiencing a series of unprecedented security, health and humanitarian crises since 2018' , declared the national director of Compassion international Burkina Faso (CIBF), Issaka Kiemtoré. According to him, CIBF's response plan against food insecurity, lasting 12 months, amounts to one billion 600 million FCFA and will affect 9,000 vulnerable families. Mr. Kiemtoré spoke on Tuesday in Ouagadougou, during the official launching ceremony and a socialization workshop of the second project to respond to the food crisis in the CIBF intervention zones. According to him, the project is the result of consultation and co llaboration with national and international partners, in order to tackle the root causes of hunger with immediate solutions, through three fundamental pillars. The first head of the Christian NGO indicated that the first pillar is food relief for 9,000 households including 1,200 displaced families with the distribution of 2,700 tons of cereals for 3 months. The second, said Issaka Kiemtoré, remains the improvement of the agricultural production of 4,014 households through the distribution of improved seeds and fertilizers for the next agricultural campaign 2024-2025. According to him, the third pillar is the promotion of the livelihoods of 3,500 vulnerable households through the creation and monitoring of small and medium-sized businesses, financial education, management of income-generating activities and the granting of 50 000 CFA per company to 3,500 parents, from February 2024. 'Be also reassured of our commitment to contribute, as far as possible, to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goa ls (SDGs) as well as to the economic and social development of this country,' he confided. In his opinion, the CIBF works with nearly 440 partner churches to improve the well-being of populations, particularly vulnerable children. The national director of Compassion international Burkina Faso (CIBF) specified that in October 2022, his structure, in collaboration with local communities, the government, partners and donors, had implemented a similar project worth more than 2.5 billion FCFA, in favor of 13,000 vulnerable families. According to the representative of the Minister in charge of Humanitarian Action, Dr Palamanga Ouoba, the country is going through a difficult period in its history and this gesture constitutes a breath of fresh air for vulnerable people. He stressed that it is women, the elderly and children who are paying the heavy price in this security, food and humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso. Dr Ouoba, reported that according to the Harmonized Framework statistics of March 2023, around 3 .3 million people are food insecure in the country. According to him, the State and its partners will spare no effort with suitable solutions to meet the needs of the population in terms of food. As a reminder, since 2015, Burkina Faso has faced terrorism which has caused the death of hundreds of people, nearly 1.7 million displaced people and the closure of numerous educational and health establishments. Source: Burkina Information Agency