Caritas Burkina operates in the areas of human development, solidarity and sharing, operational capacity building and the areas of women, youth and family. Its programmes cover various sectors, including agriculture, emergency aid, access to basic social services, microfinance, humanitarian aid, reintegration and rehabilitation of vulnerable people, food security and the promotion of women in a Sahelian context affected by extreme variability and climate change.

In order to achieve its objectives, Caritas Burkina Faso works in partnership with various humanitarian and development organisations at national and international level. It strives to reduce poverty and vulnerability, by encouraging people to participate in their own development and by promoting good governance as well as national and international action aimed at fostering economic and social development.

Caritas Burkina Faso particularly aims to create a fair society, in which everyone has access to social services, potable water, education and the means of production, especially women.

Partnerships are different and varied. They integrate other Caritas Confederation members on issues of promotion of development and response to humanitarian crises. Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Caritas Italy, Caritas Austria, Caritas Japan, Caritas Korea, Caritas Australia, Caritas Spain, Secours Catholique (Caritas France), Caritas International Belgium, Misereor, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Development and Peace, Chrétiens pour le Sahel, Light For the World, etc.