We are hiring

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

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...
Christmas shopping for Burkina Faso

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...
Sewing the seeds of a transformed future

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...
New library to give a window on the world

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...
Food for our health clinic is on the way

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...