Burkina Faso
Number of projects
Around 55% of Burkina Faso’s 21 million inhabitants are Muslims and around a quar-
70
Funded projects
Type of projects
ter of the population are Christians. For many years, the West African nation was regarded as a model of interreligious harmony, but since late 2015, its northern and eastern regions have become a hotbed of religious conflict. Burkina Faso is now the country most affected by terrorism in the world. With the help of ACN, the Catholic Church sup- ports the suffering population.
11
13
10
Construction/ reconstruction
Means of transport
Mass stipends
19
1
1
Emergency aid
Media help
Bibles & books
8
4
3
Training of priests
Subsistence aid
Formation of faith
Head of Section Kinga von Schierstaedt
Father Urbain Kiendrebeogo teaching catechism in Ouagadougou.
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