"Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium..."

"The health of the people is really the foundation..."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish..."

Welcome to Burkina Faso, the "Land of Upright Men", and welcome to the website of Transform Burkina, a charity which works directly with partners in Burkina Faso with the aim of helping to eradicate poverty through the funding of projects in the fields of education, health and water provision.

Thank you for taking the time to look around our website and become involved in the very special work being undertaken by Transform Burkina and our partners on the ground, AEAD.

Water

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, the Hungarian Biochemist and Nobel Prize winner was eager to point out that "Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water". Clean water is something we take for granted in the UK, but in the world's poorest countries it is a resource that is often scarce and hard to come by. Many of the diseases that affect these countries are also born out of unclean water and stagnant water is a breeding ground for the world's most prolific killer – the malaria carrying mosquito. Transform Burkina is already responsible for the installation of several deep water wells in various remote villages in Burkina Faso.

Visit our water page to see what we are helping to provide and ways your support can help bring clean water to those who are desperately in need of it.

Health

The British Statesman, Benjamin Disraeli once said that "The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend". Transform Burkina will involve itself in specific health projects, identified by our partners on the ground, to ensure that funding is spent in the most practical and beneficial ways for the local population.

View our health page to see some of the projects we are currently involved in. Who knows, maybe there are ways you can help us.

Education

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." – Chinese Proverb

French novelist and poet, Victor Hugo, once said that "He who opens a school door, closes a prison". It is no lie to say that the people living in the world's poorest countries are literally imprisoned by poverty. Bringing education to these people is a liberating experience and empowers them to make sustainable changes to their own environment.

Please join us on our education page to see some of the opportunities we are helping to create and ways you can become involved.