Africa

Mobile creches are transforming the lives of women and children in Africa

An innovative childcare project in Burkina Faso is enabling local mothers to go to work. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Douglas Broom
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Before the creches, many mothers in Burkina Faso had to take their children to work with them. Image: World Bank
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The creches not only allow the mothers to work more easily, but improve their children’s prospects. Image: World Bank
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