Transforming lives, a continuing story.
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...
Doubling our money, thanks to literacy training
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...
Getting their ‘five a day’
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...
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Our latest newsletter is on its way to supporters; so please keep an eye on your mail box on in box over the next few days. With news from our projects, updates from Burkina Faso and developments in the UK, we hope you find it both informative and encouraging. There...
We are hiring
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...
A MAD welcome
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...
Christmas shopping for Burkina Faso
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...
Sewing the seeds of a transformed future
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,...
New library to give a window on the world
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...
Food for our health clinic is on the way
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...
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In Burkina Faso, only 38% of the population can read and write ( the third lowest in the world ), but we're trying to do something about that.
This is Judith. She goes to school in a village in the north of the country and one of our supporters covers the costs of her education.
If you're interested in sponsoring a child on our bursary scheme then get in touch with us: jonny@transformburkina.org.uk
There's an interesting website that compares different countries, so here's the comparison between the UK and Burkina Faso:
It's now the rainy season in Burkina, which is great news for farmers, but this leads to an increase in malaria cases which means it's the busiest time of year for the Bethanie Health Centre.
To help with the numbers of patients and visitors, we've just opened this new Kitchen and Dining-Room to provide food and drink.
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Providing clean water has a greater impact on the health of a community than anything else. We're grateful to our donors who helped to fund this one and we have more planned in the future.
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