Burkina Faso: Help for displaced children
For ten years, the West African Land Burkina Faso has been suffering from jihadist terror and the brutal counter reaction of the military. Around 20,000 people were killed, about two million fled. In the Terre of the Hommes project, displaced children learn not only reading, writing and calculating, but also hope to look into the future. At his school in the small town of Boussouma, two hours of car northeast of the capital Ouagadougou, Moctar Sawadogo actually loves everything, but most of the children's club: "I don't miss a single event," says the 13-year-old. »The supervisor always has an open ear for us and we have a lot of fun. I'm very happy there. ”He used to be afraid to go to the city alone, Moctar continues. But since he went to the children's club, he has become much more confident. "I know how I can protect myself if someone wants to do something to me."
Four family members died in one day
Moctar has not always lived in Boussouuma. He is one of more than one million children in Burkina Faso who fled before the attacks. His home village of Yirgou was repeatedly attacked. Therefore, the family decided to leave behind all possessions and flee to Fouba. But there was no security there either. "The armed men came and shot on everything that moved," says the father. »Four family members died that day. But I could escape with my children. We have been in Boussouuma for two years now. Life is hard here too. We lack almost everything. ”Nevertheless, Moctar is a child who shines with joie de vivre. The children's club contributed to this at its school and the learning center, which was opened with the help of the local organization FDC*, the BMZ **, the postcode Lotterie and Terre des Hommes in Boussouma. It enables hundreds of displaced children who never went to school or stopped them early on to catch up with the missed lessons and find their way to a public school. Moctar is one of them. In the meantime he goes into fifth grade and is a very good student. He is proud of that.
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