When we introduced Ruth Gumbiou to supporters nearly four years ago, she was new to our bursary scheme and beginning on her adventure of school. Now, in the last year of her primary school studies, Ruth (pictured with her mother) has received the pecious gift of...

Up to 70% of Burkina Faso's population have never had the opportunity to learn to read and write.  Those most effected tend to be adults in rural areas, with the lack of these basic skills putting them at a disadvantage in many asxpcts of daily life. Through our local...

Students at the Stafford Centre have reported a harvest of nearly a tonne of fresh, organic vergetables from their school garden over the last academic year. Using a drip feed irrigation system linked to a solar powered pump, year round production has meant a regular...

We are looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to help us take the work of Transform Burkina forward. After nearly six years in the role, Kevin Lawrence, our current Executive Officer, is steppng back (although he will be staying involved with our work).  Please...

Over the last few months we have been talking to MAD (Make a Difference) Group, another UK charity committed to similar work to Transform Burkina, As a result, we have agreed, from the beginning of 2020, to 'pool our resources' and work together to transform more...

We can't promise you glossy adverts, fancy packaging or even snow; but buying a 'present' this Christmas for the people of Burkina Faso will, we can promise, transform lives. Whether it is providing supplies of clean, accessible water, life saving medicines or a...

28 young people have just celebrated the successful completion of our most recent 'Job Booster' training course. Offered as part of our aim to improve livelihoods in Burkina Faso, the training in sewing was a mixture of practical learning and classroom based study,...

Soulyale School in Burkina Faso can feel 'cut off' from the wider world at times.  There is no tarmac road in to the community, an erratic mobile signal and no mains electricity or broadband. However, we are determined to give pupils at the school access to...

Building work is progressing well on the latest improvements to the health clinic we support on the edge of Ouagadougou.. The new dining room and kitchen, pictured here under construction, should be finished in the next few weeks, allowing patients and their families...