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especially the cultivation of cassava. If they had sufficient land and resources, these women
would continue their farming activities. They have developed a project to transform cassava into
different types of flour which can be marketed, such as gari, atieke, placali and cocode. Another
of their projects is for the hand crafted production of karite butter.
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The A.TE.TA.S.R. Association has also launched a project to build 150 lodgings for
women seeking accommodation, particularly women with children.
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The Association for the development of women and children of Koulpelogo (ADFEK)
also presented projects aimed at sponsoring income-generating activities, such as local crafts, the
manufacture of karite butter, ground nut oil, soumbala and local soap.
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These are simple, small projects to assist the development of income-generating
activities. Despite the situation of extreme poverty in which these women find themselves and
the traumatic experiences they have been through as a result of the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, they
have preserved the wish to manage their lives and a determination to seize any opportunities
which will enable them to rebuilt their future. It appears both necessary and urgent to support
these initiatives.
6. The situation of repatriated children
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Children account for about a third of the people repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire. Just like
women, children are often denied their most fundamental rights.
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Many repatriated children suffer the effects of the disintegration of the family, when at
least one of the parents has gone back to Côte d’Ivoire. The children are then left with other
members of their families, such as grandparents or uncles, but it sometimes happens that they
have no relative at all to look after them.
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The problems of schooling have already been mentioned. A further point in this
connection is the more general problem of the need to adapt or readapt to a different
sociocultural situation, which is in most cases unknown, since the repatriated children have never
lived in their country of origin. Despite the many expressions of solidarity towards returnees
which the Special Rapporteur received from the people she interviewed, there are still remaining
tensions between the local communities and returnees, which give rise to many obstacles to their
socio-economic integration.
IV. CHILD TRAFFICKING
75.
Authorities such as the Ministry of the Interior and representatives of civil society
interviewed by the Special Rapporteur mentioned child trafficking as one of the major problems
affecting Burkina Faso.
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Burkina Faso is at once a country of origin, of transit and of destination. As a country of
destination, it chiefly takes in child workers from south-eastern Mali, who take up domestic
service in Burkina Faso.16 As far as child trafficking to other countries is concerned, the main
destinations are Côte d’Ivoire and to a lesser extent Benin, Nigeria and Ghana.17