by Jonny Wooldridge | Jul 30, 2019 | All News
For Judith (pictured), the 6 year old daughter of a local subsistence farmer in rural Burkina Faso, school seemed an impossible dream. Her family farm a small plot of land in Soulyale, close to one of the schools we support and there is no spare money to pay even the...
by Jonny Wooldridge | Jul 30, 2019 | All News
Thanks to a generous donation, work is now underway to complete the next phase of development at our health centre. Building work has started on a new kitchen and dining area at the Bethanie site, Many patients and their families have to travel some distance to...
by Jonny Wooldridge | Jul 23, 2019 | All News
With the ‘rainy season’ well and truly underway in Burkina Faso, our health clinic staff are under particular pressure. At this time of year, diseases such as malaria become far more prevalent and the team at Bethanie clinic will be offering diagnoses,...
by Jonny Wooldridge | May 20, 2019 | All News
For many pupils in Burkina Faso, what may seem like a simple enough request to us, is fraught with difficulties. National statistics suggest that 50% of all schools have no access to toilets. Pupils who need to go in rural areas are often forced to use the...
by Jonny Wooldridge | May 6, 2019 | All News
The new classrooms at Soulyale are now in use, with more students getting the chance of an education and a brighter future, thanks to the generous support of many in the UK.. The project to transform the school at Soulyale is now moving ahead fast, with our aim to...
by Jonny Wooldridge | Apr 18, 2019 | All News
Thanks to the generous support of a UK trust, we have built a new playground at Soulyale, a remote rural primary school in the north west of Burkina Faso. The school is growing rapidly, with 300 primary aged children set to be on roll by 2021. We have been supporting...
