Building Resilience in the Kaya-Dori Axis in Burkina Faso is
implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in
collaboration with the government of Burkina Faso and local
partners and funded by the Korean International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA). It aims to strengthen community resilience
and contribute to sustainable development by focusing on local
green growth opportunities in the Kaya-Dori axis.

This project focuses on a holistic triple nexus approach
(Humanitarian-Development-Peace) for the development of a
humanitarian and peace intervention model that integrates
conflict sensitivity principles as well as those of green growth, all
aimed at strengthening the resilience of communities in conflict
zones vulnerable to the harmful effects of climate change.

The project aims to improve the living conditions and livelihoods
of vulnerable communities in the Kaya and Dori municipalities in
Burkina Faso, addressing the displacement crisis and
rehabilitation of local productive assets via innovative
and resilient agriculture through:

–Humanitarian assistance by responding to the
urgent needs of communities affected by the
displacement crisis and vulnerable host
populations.

–Developmental support by economically uplifting
affected households, building their capacities in
agriculture- environment-pastoralism and fishery
and by funding and equipping the creation of
micro-enterprises.

–Local governance and social cohesion assistance
of local authorities in greening their development
plans and raising awareness among host
communities and internally displaced people to
promote living together and social cohesion.

Social inclusion and gender equality: the focus on
social inclusion and economic empowerment of
women and youth through a targeted and
adequate response to the specific needs of the
most vulnerable groups.

The central Sahel region, which includes Burkina Faso, Mali and
Niger, faces a fast-growing displacement crisis. The crisis
started escalating in Burkina Faso in 2015 and has since led to
an acute security crisis affecting particularly the Northern
parts of the country, along the borders with Mali and Niger.

The Kaya-Dori axis has strategic importance as part of the
main route between Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou and
neighboring Niger. It is located within the administrative
regions of Centre-Nord and Sahel. Constant terrorist attacks
further north have resulted in a continuous influx of Internally
Displaced People (IDPs) arriving towards the regional capital
of Kaya (Centre-Nord), and the security situation within the
Kaya-Dori axis itself has deteriorated due to sporadic terrorist
attack. This have led to further influx of people fleeing from
local villages. The displacement of populations and the
cessation of a large part of economic activities undermines the
sustainable development of this region.

Within the localities receiving the IDPs, pressure on resources
(such as food, water and forests), shelter, and employment is
significant. Kaya is one of the three municipalities that hosts
the largest numbers of IDPs in the country: it is home to an
estimated 123,000 people as of April 2022. The humanitarian
crisis is aggravated by poor management of natural resources
(particularly water resources) in the areas where the IDPs are
located. Furthermore, the high reliance on firewood as a source
of energy contributes to the destruction of local forests and
ecosystems as well as increase in emissions. In addition,
farmlands allocated to IDPs by host communities are often
unused and degraded due to poor practices mainly because
IDPs lack capital and competences for adequate restoration
and valorization of the lands.