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households or 16,000 people affected by food insecurity received assistance.
Furthermore, 53,182 victims of humanitarian crises were also offered
assistance. They included 49,957 Malian refugees, 2,063 victims of intercommunity conflicts in the Centre Sud (Nahouri), Centre Est (Boulgou,
Koulpelgo) and Centre Nord (Namentenga) regions, 156 returnees from Libya
and Ghana and 1,006 victims of fire outbreaks in six (6) regions (Centre Sud,
Boucle du Mouhoun, Plateau central, Centre Est, Centre Nord, Nord). The
assistance provided to victims of humanitarian crises amounted to CFAF
104,964,059.
Child protection
The efforts of the Government and its partners in the area of child
protection, in line with its international commitments are highlighted in the
reports on implementation of the optional protocols of the Convention of the
Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare
of the Child (ACRWC). These reports were presented respectively on 21
January in Geneva and 16 April 2013 in Addis-Ababa.
Similarly, module on child labour has been developed with a view to
integrating it into the training curricula of labour inspectors and controllers.
Furthermore, with regard to the fight against child labour, the study on
“Analysis of the institutional capacities and capacity building strategies
within the context of the implementation of the National Plan of Action on
the Worst Forms of Child Labour (NPOA/WFCL)” has been validated. The
validation followed the holding of the preparatory meeting on the text on
establishment of the National Coordination Committee of the NPOA/WFCL
(NCC-NPOA/WFCL). To ensure greater focus of the fight against child labour
and its worst forms in communal development plans, a sensitization tour for
mayors of Houet, a training course for municipal councillors from the
cascades and advocacy activities were organized.
Hence, 855 sensitization sessions (radio programmes, forum theatres,
lecture forums, film debates) were organized for the population on WFCL, as
well as 382 follow-up visits to victims of child trafficking placed in training