Burkina Faso Humanitarian

Situation Report No. 6

B. ©Reporting UNICEF/BurkinaFaso2019/ period: 1 to 31XXXX July 2020

Highlights Situation in Numbers • Burkina Faso registered 45 security incidents in July, causing 11 civilian 1,700,000 casualties, including 1 child children in need of • The number of internally displaced persons (IDP) reached 1,013,234 (CONASUR, 8 August 2020), out of which 60 percent were children. humanitarian assistance • On 9 March, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country, reaching 1,143 cases by the end of July (Ministry of Health (MoH)) 2,900,000 • According to Regional department of basic education in the Est region, a teacher people in need from the town of Matiacoali was abducted by non-state armed groups (NSAG) on (OCHA August 2020) 26 July 2020. As of end of July, there has been no news about him.

• 13 schools (12 primary schools and 1 secondary school) were burned down by NSAGs on 28 July in Tansarga commune, Tapoa province, Est region. No 1,013,234 students nor teachers were affected, since schools have been closed since March internally displaced persons due to COVID-19. Schools are set to open for the 2020-2021 school year unless (IDP) registered

security conditions deteriorate. 612,226 children (60%) • In July, the MoH, with support from UNICEF, conducted the 2nd round of polio (CONASUR) campaign in two health districts of the Centre-Est region, vaccinating over 157,398 children (90.30 per cent of the target) • 25 child protection actors from national and international NGOs trained on monitoring and reporting of child rights violations from 14 to 17 July 2020.

UNICEF’s Response and Funding Status

UNICEF Appeal 2020 SAM admission 28% US$96.6 million

Nutrition Funding status 52% Funding Status (in US$) Measles vaccination 3% Carry-

Health Funding status 4% forward, $7M People with safe water 25% Funds received in 2020, WASH Funding status 32% $18M Psychosocial access 85%

Child Funding status 25% Fundin Protection g gap, Children in school 34% $72M

Funding status 5% Education

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Funding Overview and Partnerships In line with the 2020 UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children appeal (HAC) appeal, the funding gap at the end of July 2020 was US$72.29 million (75 per cent). During the reporting period, UNICEF Burkina Faso received US$213,299 from Global Humanitarian Thematic Fund. UNICEF Burkina Faso would like to recognize this generous contribution, as well as those of other key partners who have contributed US$17.7 million in 20201 and US$6.6 million in 2019 to the HAC 2020 2 . UNICEF also recognizes the flexible and unearmarked funding received in 2020 from the Global Humanitarian Thematic Fund3 .

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs According to the revised Humanitarian Response Plan 20204 (HRP), an estimated 2.1 million people are in need of protection and 2.9 million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance in Burkina Faso. The country is severely affected by a humanitarian crisis due to insecurity. Attacks by NSAGs dramatically increased in 2019 and maintained the same pace in the first months of 2020, with more civilians being targeted or threatened. Consequently, new waves of displacements took place in several regions.

Registration of new Internally displaced persons (IDPs) is conducted by the Conseil national de secours d’urgence et de réhabilitation (CONASUR), the government institution in charge of data collection and humanitarian response. As of 8 August5, 1,013,234 IDPs had been registered in the country (60 per cent children). Centre-Nord and Sahel remain the regions hosting the highest percentage of displaced populations (41 and 34 per cent respectively).

Figure 1: Internally displaced persons per region and overview of health centres with reduced services or closed

Source: OCHA

As of 14 July, 99 out of 1,064 health centres (9.3 per cent) in five emergency-affected regions were closed. An estimated 1,3 million people have no/or limited access to nutrition and health services. The Sahel region continues to register the highest number of health centres closed, 56 out of 133 (42 per cent).

In March6, 2,512 schools were closed due to insecurity depriving 349,909 children of their rights to education and affecting 11,219 teachers. All the schools closed down on 16 March due to COVID-197. The schools reopened partially from June to August to prepare children to take their final exams in July and August. The 2020 examination sessions, namely the CEP (Certificat d'Études Primaires), the BEPC (Brevet d'Études du Premier Cycle du second degré), the CAP (Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle) and the BEP (Brevet d'Études Professionnelles, i.e. the secondary school and vocational education diploma) took place from 14 to 28 July. In regions with high security challenges, 16,461 internally displaced students (7,936 girls) participated out of a total of 306,774 candidates8 (161,389 girls), a participation rate of 5.3%. Schools are set to open 1st October, which will also mark the beginning of the new school year 2020-20219.

1 Japan, SIDA – Sweden, UNOCHA – CERF, Luxembourg, European Commission – ECHO, KS Relief and British government – DFID 2 USAID -Food for Peace, Denmark, USA BPRM, UNOCHA - CERF, SIDA – Sweden, Austria, European Commission - ECHO, Japan 3 Several donors 4 Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 (HRP) https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/burkina-faso/document/burkina-faso-plan-de-r%C3%A9ponse-humanitaire-r%C3%A9vis%C3%A9- ao%C3%BBt-2020 5 CONASUR data as of 8 August 2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4QM37RahOtdpNslUh1RFwGV0ElEfbUz/view 6 Schools closed as of 10 March https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AeW_pYMpKFOt87R0hVFGV3tYLlCMIuDe/view 7 All the schools are closed as of 16 March https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QhZI3TjsPMyUxnFky_xXu7Uad4J0KiH_/view 8 MENAPLN, Bilan des examens 2020 https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/opérations/burkina-faso/document/bilan-des-examens-et-concours-scolaires-de-la-session-de-2020 9 MENAPLN, Memo rentrée scolaire 2020-2021 https://drive.google.com/file/d/12_0KR52Fqd-52rRgKpTkRtIGcUlHaNva/view

On 9 March10, the government of Burkina Faso declared the COVID-19 epidemic. As of 31 July11, the MoH confirmed 1,143 cases of COVID-19 (399 females, 744 males), 945 recovered and 53 deaths in 10 out of the 13 regions of the country, including 4 out of the 5 regions affected by insecurity. Eight of these regions12 still have active cases. The average age of confirmed cases is 41.5 years and 64,4 years for deaths.

Figure 2: Evolution of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso from 9 March to 31 July 2020

Source: Ministry of Health

On July 11, the results of the analysis of acute food insecurity were released by the government. According to the analysis, 3,280,800 people are food insecure and in need of immediate humanitarian assistance (15 per cent of the total population). In the Sahel region, 11,394 people are considered to be in situation of famine, and over 500,000 in emergency situation. UNICEF is finalising a survey using the SMART methodology in emergency zones hosting IDPs. Constraints to the response continue to include • Increasing insecurity, causing reduced access to affected population and to services, an increasing number of health centres closed or offering minimum services, and numerous unsuccessful tenders for WASH infrastructures • The delay in the implementation of activities due to COVID-19 • The adaptation of some of activities due to COVID-19 and related unplanned costs • Insufficient, short and geographically flexible funding that limits partners' response capacity (human resources, logistics, contingency stock).

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Nutrition • 3,657children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) were admitted into therapeutic feeding programmes across the country. This brings the total number of SAM new admissions since the beginning of the year to 49,689 (33.8 per cent of the 147,131 annual target). • UNICEF and WFP supported the MoH to conduct a nutrition survey in the 11 municipalities13 with the highest number of IDPs in the Centre Nord, Nord, Sahel, and Est regions. The results will be available in August 2020. • 19,105 new mother-to-mother support groups were set up and have reached 4,844 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) with counselling services on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) best practices. 290,776 PLWs were reached since the beginning of the year (51.83 per cent of the 560,950 annual target). • 14,935 children from 6 to 23 months received micronutrient powders (MNP) in Pama health district, Est region. • During the 1st round of vitamin A supplementation and deworming from 26 June to 25 July, 3,457,615 children aged 6 to 59 months were supplemented with vitamin A, 3,008,926 children aged 12-59 months received deworming tablets, and 3,642,274 were screened for acute malnutrition, including 54,679 moderately acute malnourished (MAM) and 27,895 SAM, according to provisional data. Among the children screened, 24,990 were referred to health centres, out of which 17,589 new MAM cases and 7,401 new SAM cases.

COVID-19. A guide for adapting nutrition surveys to the context of COVID-19 has been developed and is being validated. This guide will be used to carry out the upcoming national nutrition survey.

10 Declaration of COVID-19 https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/integration_du_COVID-19_dans_la_reponse_humanitaire.pdf 11 MoH Sitrep #154 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZZX1BYHWSfcPbs8nw6XjPXfEqbnDgci/view 12 Centre, Hauts-Bassins, Sud-Ouest, Centre-Sud,Sahel, Est, Boucle du Mouhoun and Cascades 13 Municipalities surveyed: Barsalogho, Bourzanga, Djibo, Dori, Fada NGourma, Gorgardji, Gorom-Gorom, Kaya, Kongoussi, Matiacoali and Ouahigouya.

Coordination. • July was dedicated to the analysis of the current response with a critical look at the 2020 mid-term review. The analysis of the partner mapping carried out through the 5W shows an optimal geographic coverage, while the coverage is below expectations. To improve the coverage, the promotion of the simplified approaches14 in insecure areas and the implementation of an integrated package of multisectoral activities are planned. The cluster members are also committed to strengthen the screening activities integrated into the chemoprophylaxis against seasonal malaria (CPS) campaigns for the referral of cases of acute malnutrition detected. • The Cluster coordination performance monitoring (CCPM) exercise was completed and the preliminary results shared within the cluster. A workshop is planned for September to validate the final report, the definition of recommendations and develop an action plan.

Health UNICEF and partners continue to support the health response in areas affected by the emergency.

Immunization From 27 July to 2 August, UNICEF supported catch-up immunization activities covering all antigens for internally displaced children who missed out routine immunization. This intervention was coupled with malnutrition screening using the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tape in Kaya health district, Centre-Nord region. In total, 753 children under the age of 5 were vaccinated (including 375 children against measles).

Community health activities • 4,028 pregnant women and newborns received home visits by community-based health workers (CBHW) in Toma district (Centre-Est region) and Boussouma (Centre-Nord region). • As of the end of July, in the framework of the Integrated community case management (ICCM) programme, 126,727 children under the age of 5 (including 22,800 cases of malaria, 35,264 cases of diarrhea and 68,663 cases of pneumonia) were reached CBHWs in the five regions affected by the humanitarian crisis. 33 percent of notified cases of malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia were treated CBHWs (76 percent for diarrhea, 18 percent for malaria, 8 percent for pneumonia15). These results confirm the efficacy and importance of community health response in the current emergency context, and the need to strengthen community-based interventions, particularly in areas with a high number of closed health facilities.

COVID-19. To ensure the continuity of care at community level, kits composed of gloves, hydro-alcoholic gels, soaps, masks, alcohol, hand washing devices and 4 posters on COVID-19, were donated to 5,182 CHBWs from the Sahel, Centre-Nord and Boucle du Mouhoun regions, to allow them to provide safe care in respect of prevention and control of COVID-19.

WASH In July 2020, UNICEF and its partners achieved 28 percent of the annual water targets, 11 percent of the sanitation target and 76 percent of the hygiene target, including through the distribution of hygiene kits16..

The following activities (non exhaustive) were implemented • Sahel region. Construction of 65 latrines for 1,300 people, and distribution of 1125 hygiene kits to 7,875 people. 3,000 people now have access to safe water through the rehabilitation of 2 boreholes and the installation of 1 solar system. 115 latrines have been constructed for 2,300 people • Est region. 4,000 people have access to safe water through the rehabilitation of 8 boreholes. • Summer plan17. UNICEF and its partners rehabilitated 45 boreholes equipped with hands pumps and installed 13 water solar systems in the Sahel and Centre-Nord regions, reaching 48,500 people.

The main constraints in the implementation of activities are the inaccessibility of some localities for security reasons and the beginning of the rainy season which makes some sites inaccessible for drilling and slows down the construction of latrines.

Coordination In July 2020, the progress rate towards the Cluster WASH annual targets is 33 percent for water, 29 percent for sanitation and 58 percent for hygiene. The data reported include COVID-19 response and refer to the results of 31 organizations members of the cluster, and not only to the organizations which have projects registered in the Humanitarian Programme Cycle tool (20 organizations). Significant progress has been done towards the achievement of the objectives compared to the previous month. However, gaps remain significant, due to the funding gaps and the insufficient capacity of sector’s stakeholders to face the crises and the rapidly increasing needs.

14 Simplified approaches: Prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition using one admission criteria, the MUAC and one treatment product, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlgJB4TPnOS0JojdGmI73LhafKB5dL-F/view 15 This figure is particularly low due to lack of data 16 WASH hygiene kit is composed of 1 plastic bucket (20L), 2 plastic jerrycans (20L), 7 bars of soap (400gr), 1 plastic kettle (2L), 2 plastic cups (500mL) 17 WASH Summer Plan. UNICEF, in collaboration with WASH partners, has developed the plan initially for January to May. UNICEF met with the National office of water and sanitation (ONEA) for the improvement of water distribution in Kaya, capital city of Centre-Nord region, which is particularly affected by water cuts https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R4CVj6k0xcVPNlr38q2mP1NBAFW3hY64/view 4

Education UNICEF and partners supported the response to the educational needs of 97,277 school age children (43,708 girls) through distance learning via radio, out of an overall result of 217,984 children (106,043 girls) accessing education between January and July 2020. UNICEF also conducted training sessions for 309 teachers (160 women) on psychosocial support (including COVID-19 keys messages related to the health protocol in school areas) to cater approximately 31,913 children (15,999 girls) affected by conflict in the Tapoa and Gourma provinces in the Est region.

COVID-19, insecurity and the closing of the school year 2019-2020 continue to affect children’s access to education despite the efforts made by education stakeholders to organize distance education. With over five million children in the system and the gaps in the coverage of school feeding programme, school absenteeism is expected to be high. However, data and information on education in emergency needs across the country is limited due to insufficient resources or capacity to collect and process the information, directly impacting prioritization and resource mobilization exercises within the education cluster. To curb the situation, UNICEF is financially and technically supporting the education cluster to conduct the first education in emergency needs assessment in the five regions most affected by the security and health crises. The activity will end in August and the results will be published at the end of September. The ongoing assessment will also contribute to the analysis for the upcoming 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview.

Child Protection • On 24 and 25 July, UNICEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Women, National Solidarity, Family and Humanitarian Action (MFNSFHA) and child protection partners in the child protection area of responsibility (CP AOR), revised and harmonized the national child protection case management procedures, data collection and reporting tools. During the case management tools validation process, some 30 participants from 18 child protection agencies and government entities received an orientation on their use and application. These tools will be used for development and humanitarian settings. • UNICEF is supporting the MFNSFHA to strengthen 136 community child protection structures in the Centre-Nord (94), Nord (17) and Est (11) regions and expand the para-social services workforce18 at community level. The technical capacity of these community structures will be enhanced to effectively identify, monitor, report and respond to cases of children with protection risks and vulnerabilities. • UNICEF conducted a virtual training for 25 child protection actors from national and international NGOs on the monitoring and reporting of child rights violations from 14 to 17 July 2020. • UNICEF, in collaboration with child protection partners and community-based groups and volunteers, continued to provide mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS) to 50,167 new cases, including 26,356 girls, in the affected regions. As of July 2020, the cumulative number of children that had access to MHPSS with UNICEF support stands at 217,759 children (112,113 girls). Comparing with the HAC 2020 UNICEF target set at 197,307, the total caseload reached has been surpassed by 10 percent as a result of innovative mobile service delivery. Analysis is now underway to review the MHPSS target for UNICEF and partners to cover the period August to December 2020. • 54 cases of children, including 22 girls with serious signs of serious mental health and psychological distress received specialized care by clinical psychologists assigned by UNICEF. As part of tactical capacity strengthening to improve service delivery and coverage, 243 staff from implementing partners (101 women) were trained on how to identify and respond to acute mental health and psychological distress of affected children and care givers using Inter-agency standing committee (IASC) guidelines on MHPSS. • 134 unaccompanied and separated children (67 girls) benefited from family tracing, reunification and reintegration services, including 29 children (19 girls) receiving community-based alternative care support. 105 unaccompanied and separated children (48 girls), mostly from the Centre-Nord region, were reunified with their biological families. • 10,988 children (4,753 girls) from 1,607 household received humanitarian cash transfers and 4,286 children, including 2,274 girls from 745 households, received emergency non-food items19. The programme participants include unaccompanied and separated children in alternative care, children in vulnerable households, living with disabilities, and victims of violence and abuse. • To scale-up birth registration and birth certification in conflict-affected areas, 560 parents and care givers, including 380 girls, participated in birth registration awareness sessions on the importance of birth registration and the related procedures. In the Centre-Nord region, 1,000 (552 girls) displaced children and from host communities births were registered with the support of Coordination Nationale des Associations des Enfants et Jeunes Travailleurs du Burkina (CN-AEJTB) and their birth certificates issued by the local communes. • 375 adolescent girls aged 10 to 17 years in the Centre-Nord region received life skills education on the hygienic menstrual management and the production of reusable sanitary pads, as part of risk mitigation interventions through UNICEF supported programmes • UNICEF trained 255 primary and post-primary teachers, social workers and security forces (116 women) involved in an informal study camp20 in the Est region. The sessions focused on the rights and protection of children, prevention of violence, exploitation and abuse (including sexual violence and gender-based violence) and referral mechanism available for children at risk, etc.)

18 The para- social workers are volunteers but are recognized as a critical link in the community. The social service workforce plays a central role in supporting children and families in communities by alleviating poverty, identifying and managing risks, and facilitating access to and delivery of social services to enhance child and family well-being. 19 One child protection NFI kit for 5 children and 2 adults includes hygiene equipment, games, children's toys, clothes, shoes, toothpaste + 5 toothbrushes and a set of 3 loincloths. 20 A special operation organized to support emergency affected children to help them attend the final exam 5

Communications for Development (C4D), Community Engagement and Accountability • UNICEF continued to provide support, alongside OCHA, to the interagency community engagement and accountability to affected populations (CEAAP) working group. UNICEF is sharing community feedback mechanism results from community dialogues and interactive radio programmes with CEAAP members and clusters to support corrective measures and inform future emergency response projects. • In the Centre-Nord region, UNICEF, Action Communautaire pour le Développement (ACD) and the regional directorates of health, humanitarian affairs, WASH and education continue broadcasting radio programmes, including discussions, live dialogues sessions, radio theatres and games, to provide lifesaving messages and information on access and availability of services. ACD also continues to facilitate community dialogues and interactives radios programmes on humanitarian assistance, early recovery and social cohesion promotion. • UNICEF has signed a partnership with the Réseau des radios de proximité du Sahel (RAPS) to scale up social and behaviour change, community engagement and accountability interventions in the Sahel region • Polio campaigns. To promote the round 2 polio campaign in the Ouargaye and Bittou health districts, Centre-Est region, conducted in July by the MoH, with support from UNICEF and partners, communication for social and behaviour change activities were reinforced through radios programmes, door-to-doors visits/talks and advocacy. During this round 2, about 98 percent of parents received key information and messages on polio and the campaign. The proportion of missed children was less than 5 percent (the norm). The absence of children due to the fact that parents went to harvest or travelled with them is the main reason for non-vaccination. There were no reported cases of refusal. • Following several cases of polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) reported, UNICEF is supporting the MoH in the preparation of the social mobilization and community engagement plan for the campaign to be held in September in 36 health districts. • COVID-19. UNICEF continued providing support to risk communication and community engagement and has extended and reinforced its interventions through partnerships with Plan International and the Centre pour l’Éducation, la Réinsertion et l’Éducation des Enfants (CERESSE) to prevent and control community outbreaks and among IDPs.

Media and external communication The media and external communication team reached out to media to raise awareness on the humanitarian situation and response, focusing on the implementation of humanitarian activities in times of COVID-19.

• With the growing number of IDPs, half of whom are children, an emergency cargo has been shipped to provide vital medical supplies to vulnerable children (Facebook, Instagram). • The thematic of the continuity of humanitarian delivery was reported on multiple social media platforms on Facebook (here, here), Instagram (here) and Twitter (here, here, here, here), including credits and thanks to major donors. • Key interventions on malnutrition prevention and treatment were amplified through the mediatization of the regional press release on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) and media.

Humanitarian Leadership, Coordination, and Strategy In 2020, UNICEF Burkina Faso aims at addressing the most urgent needs of 1.5 million people, including 690,000 vulnerable children, affected by humanitarian crisis in the five most affected regions by scaling up its response to emergencies while strengthening social cohesion and resilience as a mid-term strategy. The bottom line is to ensure continuity and high coverage of services to children and families in crisis-affected regions, in accordance with HAC and Core Commitments for Children (CCC) procedures and standards.

In other words, UNICEF humanitarian action is now guided by guided by 3 principles: • Continuity of services in the context of COVID-19 and beyond (as part of Stay and deliver21). • Acceleration of service coverage according to HAC/HRP/CCCs and its regular work plans within the framework of the nexus humanitarian-development-peace/sustaining peace agenda. • Staff safety/security/wellbeing in the high-risk zones. UNICEF is putting in place measures for the approval of travel plans to ensure the safety of UNICEF staff during field missions in high-risk zones.

UNICEF supports community-based interventions in areas where the government suspended basic social services or where insecurity severely restricted access to the most vulnerable populations. This action is seen as an opportunity to strengthen the involvement of communities and local authorities in co-creating solutions to issues affecting children and families, and to showcase the development-humanitarian-peace nexus. For example, UNICEF Burkina Faso has established and operationalized a cash transfer task force to strengthen the coordination and integration between

21 Stay and deliver: the concept has been introduced by the landmark study To Stay and Deliver (published in 2011) on policy and operations in highly insecure environments. The study provided advice and recommendations to practitioners on critical issues, such as risk management, responsible partnerships, adherence to humanitarian principles, acceptance and negotiations with relevant actors. The title of the study became a motto for many humanitarian organizations, translating into the responsibility to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance while ensuring the safety of aid workers in highly insecure contexts.

6 emergency and development programmes. As a result, more than 11,000 households will receive financial assistance to alleviate their suffering and to help them become more resilient in the fast-changing contexts before the end of December 2020.

With the drastic increase in the number of IDPs, UNICEF increased its presence by setting up field offices in Dori (Sahel region) and Kaya (Centre-Nord region), and since mid-February, in Fada N’Gourma (Est region). UNICEF is the lead institution for the WASH, nutrition, education clusters and CPAoR. UNICEF is also strengthening the coordination and information management capacities of the clusters though the recruitment of dedicated specialists at national and subnational levels.

Updated information on the clusters main activities can be found online: Education cluster https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/burkina-faso/education Health cluster https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/burkina-faso/health Nutrition cluster https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/fr/operations/burkina-faso/nutrition WASH cluster https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/fr/operations/burkina-faso/water-sanitation-hygiene CPAoR https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/burkina-faso/protection-de-lenfant

COVID-19 adaptation Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Burkina Faso, an inter-ministerial national coordinating committee (NCC) was set up under the lead of the MoH for the planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of COVID-19 preparedness and response. The NCC includes all the financial and technical partners. For cohesion purpose and rational use of available technical resources, the members of the health cluster are also members of this coordination mechanism.

UNICEF participates in four commissions established by the government to design, implement, monitor and coordinate the response to COVID-19: • Coordination commission, where UNICEF plays a key role in the design of government response to COVID-19 • Case management commission, which holds daily meetings to assess the situation of new cases, and challenges related to tests and treatments of those who are already infected • Logistics commission, where UNICEF provides support for the procurement of oxygen concentrators, protection masks, gloves of protection (covering 10 per cent of the national needs), resuscitation devices, and hand sanitizer • Risk communication and community engagement commission, where UNICEF is the co-lead with the MoH, to develop key messages to raise public awareness on the prevention of COVID-19. UNICEF also publishes press releases about the epidemic in Burkina Faso (here and here).

CLUSTER COVID-19 useful links Education https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tg4I3VCoAeBVJw5myyv400NDB4k_gTtW?usp=sharing Nutrition https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zyVA-Me0A8umE7MdcAxw9k2cVX5P3Ory?usp=sharing WASH https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g063M4QgnsvivzdWOJVD9m4kKVC79-YH?usp=sharing CPAoR https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nV3yl4Gsj-LxpQpfW_J9JHLZ6hrBF8y3

Next SitRep: 31 August 2020

UNICEF Burkina Faso Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal https://www.unicef.org/appeals/files/2020-HAC- Burkina-Faso.pdf UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal http://www..org/appeals/index.html UNICEF Burkina Faso Facebook and Twitter

Who to contact for Sandra Lattouf James Mugaju Hadrien Bonnaud further Representative Deputy Representative Chief of Communications information? UNICEF Burkina Faso UNICEF Burkina Faso UNICEF Burkina Faso Tel: +226.25 491 101 Tel: +226.25 491 105 Tel: +226.66 93 31 32 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Annex A

Summary of Programme Results Cluster/Sector Response UNICEF and IPs Change Change 2020 Total since last 2020 Total since last Sector target results report target results report ▲▼ ▲▼ Nutrition # children under the age of 5 with SAM admitted into therapeutic feeding 147,131 49,689 ▲6 640 147,131 49,689 ▲6 640 programmes # caregivers of children reached with 560,950 290,776 ▲4 844 560,950 290,776 ▲4 844 infant and young child feeding counselling Health # children aged 6 to 59 months vaccinated 270,000 8,499 ▲ 375 against measles # children and women received primary 375,000 152,898 ▲127,916 health care in UNICEF-supported facilities # people received long-lasting insecticide- 135, 665 31,000 ▲15,500 treated nets WASH # people accessed sufficient quantity of safe water for drinking, cooking and 985,000 324,187 ▲110,835 310,000 87,174 ▲8,408 personal hygiene # people accessed appropriate sanitation 690,000 202,439 ▲127,287 525,000 58,952 ▲25,667 facilities # people reached with handwashing 1,050,000 610,228 ▲217,296 500,000 380,970 ▲179,205 behaviour change programmes Child Protection # children accessed mental health and 268,000 240,636 ▲52,766 197,304 217,759 ▲50,167 psychosocial support

# children and women accessed gender- based violence risk mitigation, prevention 27,300 18,067 - 20,000 17,534 - or response interventions22

# unaccompanied and separated children accessing family-based care or 4,000 2,628 ▲ 134 2,500 2,615 ▲ 134 appropriate alternative services # children separated from armed groups including other at-risk girls and boys 250 6 - accessing reintegration support

# of children from vulnerable households affected by the crisis who have access to 25,000 21,591 ▲9,381 cash transfer for child protection

Education # children accessed formal or non-formal 500,000 249,669 ▲97,277 349,974 217,984 ▲97,277 education # children aged 3 to 17 years affected by crises receiving mental health and 544,273 32,018 ▲22,089 500,000 31,913 ▲22,049 psychosocial support through strengthened capacities of teachers to

22 July data under cross-checking to remove possible double counting 8

provide supportive care environments at school

# girls and boys aged 3-17 years affected 520,000 31,802 = 349,974 10,311 = by crisis receiving learning materials

Rapid response # displaced persons, including the ones living with disabilities, provided with 70,000 9,999 = essential household items Communication for development # people in host communities reached with key life-saving / behaviour change 150,000 485,000 ▲80 000 messages on essential family practices

Annex B

Funding Status** Funds available Funding gap Sector Requirements Received Carry-Over $ % Current Year Nutrition 17,315,100 8,108,069 835,497 8,371,534 48% Health 10,281,116 159,858 227,921 9,893,337 96% WASH 25,263,857 4,806,459 3,402,948 17,054,450 68% Child Protection 11,228,787 1,679,388 1,094,666 8,454,733 75% Education 27,727,668 469,245 1,050,117 26,208,306 95% Rapid response management and 3,050,000 2,472,050 0 577,950 19% implementation Communication for development 1,800,000 62,885 0 1,737,115 97% Total 96,666,528 17,757,954 6,611,149 72,297,425 75%

** As defined in Humanitarian Actions for Children (HAC) Appeal 2020 for a period of 12 months (January-December 2020)