by Jonny Wooldridge | Jul 16, 2018 | All News
The chance of an education seemed an ever more distant dream for Timwende Sawadogo (pictured), until a generous UK donor got involved Growing up in a family of rural subsistence farmers, dependent on the annual rains for the harvest, the family always struggled to...
by Jonny Wooldridge | Jun 25, 2018 | All News
Access to education can be tough in Burkina Faso, particularly for girls. A recent United Nations report has provided stark figures for the country, suggesting only about 1% of all girls in the country have the opportunity to finish secondary education. It was...
by Jonny Wooldridge | May 17, 2018 | All News
We believe that good quality education for young people is vital to future development in Burkina Faso. We also believe that education is about much more than books and exams, however important these remain. Pupils at the Stafford Centre, one of the schools we...
by Jonny Wooldridge | May 8, 2018 | All News
We are working to improve the conditions at the medical centre we support for both patients and staff, with one of the priorities they have identified being the provision of latrines and washing facilities. The Bethanie centre, which serves hundreds of patients each...
by Jonny Wooldridge | Apr 18, 2018 | All News
For Mr and Mrs Ouedraogo, pictured left. the food crisis in northern Burkina Faso has reached a crisis point. Silemane Ouedraogo, with his 8 strong family, has been farming his land in Tangaye, in the north, since 1994. The rains have been unreliable in previous...
