OUAGADOUGOU, 15 September 2008 (IRIN) - Michel announced the new commitment during the opening of a European Commission Development and Humanitarian Aid office (ECHO) in the capital, Ouagadougou, on 13 September.
ECHO is currently funding some ten humanitarian projects in Burkina Faso worth €12 million, (US$17 million), mostly to fight malnutrition among children and women.
ECHO's partners include the UN children's fund, UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, UK-based OXFAM, Paris-based Action Contre la Faim, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society and Canadian Children's Aid Society.
"If it [EC programs] works well, there won't be any obstacle to mobilise funds from the [European] Commission and its member states because success is the most convincing argument," Michel added.
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