Education
Education is critical to long term development and the improvement of livelihoods, yet it is estimated that 70% of adults in Burkina Faso are illiterate.
Find out more about our education projects, and how your money can help, below.
We improve access to education through a bursary scheme, which provides support for the poorest families to help their children to go to school in 7 different schools.
£25 pays for a year’s supply of notebooks and pens, to help a child make the most of their education.
We support staff salaries in two rural schools.
£150 per month pays for a teacher’s salary at these schools.
We facilitate ‘girls only’ teaching, where girls learn things specific to them (such as health and hygiene) and the chance to participate in ‘inspirational visits’ to meet successful local women.
£100 per month can pay for these extra lessons, including the teaching, equipment and travel associated with giving girls their own special educational experience.
We support staff salaries and provide equipment for a tailoring course.
£200 per month pays for a teacher’s salary and all the equipment to run the course.
A one-off donation of £150 will help to pay for a sewing machine for a graduate of the course, allowing them to set up their own small business.
We support a Literacy, Numeracy and Business Skills Project in the east of the country. After graduating from the 3 courses, graduates join together to form local co-operatives which are then able to source micro-finance locally to enable them to start small businesses.
In the last two years, we have seen successful weaving, market gardening and sheep rearing businesses develop from the project.
£100 covers the annual costs of educating and supporting one person in this project.
Ouédraogo Sakinatou on the right and Ouédraogo Abdou on the left, both in 5th grade, come from the village of Kagapesgo, which is located 6km from Bethel School. They say they ‘enjoy their meals every day as this means they won’t have to walk home on an empty stomach.
We provide a School Meals Programme in Bethel School in Gourcy, in the north of Burkina Faso. Every child receives a meal every day at school. Each year, we provide 50,000+ meals, and employ two women to prepare the meals.
£40 will cover the annual cost of a school meal every day for one child who would otherwise go hungry at school.
Ouédraogo Rasmané lives in the village of Tangaye, which is 10km from Gourcy. With such a long journey evert day he says he’s always very happy to receive his school lunch.