World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

In the North region of Burkina Faso, repeated poor harvests over the past years have had serious consequences on the nutritional state of young children. Acute malnutrition levels are above the "serious" 10% threshold. The current food crisis in the Sahel has exacerbated an already precarious situation. WFP has launched an emergency operation to reach 1.1 million people in Burkina Faso with food assistance and nutrition support.

The lack of rain has dried out fields. Here, a field white sorghum burned by the sun.

Grazing land has been decimated by the drought. As a result, cattle are thin and weak.

The millet and sorghum granaries are empty.

Many men have left women and children behind in their home villages to make a living through other means, such as mining.

Here, women are grinding white sorghum received through the WFP's Food for Work programme.

A woman carries a ration of white maize, pulses and oil she has received from WFP.

A young boy who has just received a ration of fortified corn and soya mix called Super Cereal, which is used to improve the nutritional status of young children and other vulnerable groups such as pregnant and nursing women.