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The school, a beacon of hope for IDP students

PLEDGING INITIATIVE

The school, a beacon of hope for IDP students

The main challenge to be solved by this project is to keep IDP pupils in school. The town of Dédougou is the capital of the commune of the same name. The commune is the capital of the Boucle du Mouhoun region. It has 37 administrative villages and seven districts, with a population of 124,000. Ten villages in the town of Dédougou were attacked by lawless men (terrorists), and, as a result, pupils stayed away from schools, the source of knowledge transmission.

To remedy this situation, pupils from these villages were moved to the town of Dédougou to continue their education.



The IDP students were able to continue their education. The challenges are psychological, material and financial. A combination of endogenous efforts has overcome them.

The integration of emergency plans into local development policies could be improved.
 

Tentative deadline of implementation:
Name of entity submitting the pledge
The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Dedougou
Pledging entity
Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Country of implementation
Burkina Faso
Type of pledge
Individual (by one state/actor)
Nature of the pledge
Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF)
Material (e.g. provision of technical assistance or in kind contribution)
GCM Objectives
    • GCM Guiding Principles
    People-centred
    International cooperation
    National sovereignty
    Rule of law and due process
    Sustainable development
    Human rights
    Gender-responsive
    Child-sensitive
    Whole-of-government approach
    Whole-of-society approach
    Submission number
    2303

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