Jun 29, 2017
I’m Silvie, FAR’s first employee, where I’ve been working for more than 13 years. Among other projects, I’m in charge of providing bicycles to many people without means who have no other mode of transportation… Though the project has been running for 4 years now, I can’t help being really touched every time we open the possibility of getting on the waiting list, which never has fewer than a few hundred applications, and I see the long line of women, whose living conditions are very precarious, waiting in the blazing sun, from early morning, for their turn to apply for a bike…
May 29, 2017
My name is Jacques, but everyone in Rimkieta calls me “Coach.” Rimkieta is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. Burkina is number 183 of the 188 countries in the 2015 Human Development Index. I’ve been working for FAR since 2011. I’m the assistant manager of the “training and reinsertion of street children” and the “sports training” projects, in which we currently have 102 and 80 children, respectively, receiving training.
Apr 28, 2017
The United Nations’ Development Project just published its annual report on the Human Development Index (HDI). Burkina Faso ranks 185th of the 188 countries in the table, ahead only of Chad, Niger and the Central African Republic. Fourth from last…In 2014 Burkina Faso was the 182nd country of 187 and in 2015, it was number 183 of 188. In three years, we’ve moved from seventh from last to fourth from last. The tragedy isn’t so much being at the end of the list as it is not advancing – falling ever further behind.
Mar 28, 2017
Brother Salvador, Salesian, a Basque who’s been in Burkina for more than half a century educating children, youth and adults, sends us this sincere and heartfelt e-mail, in which he explains the stressful and uncertain situation that’s again threatening Burkina.
Feb 28, 2017
We are delighted to inform you that Franck is back at home! The trial was held, and although Franck was found guilty of the two charges – robbery and attempted robbery – he and his 5 friends were set free thanks to the intervention of the head of the Minors Court, who advocated clemency to the 3 judges on the case. The Tribunal accepted the petition, but not without a stern warning to the boys that if they appear again in their courts they will not receive the lenient treatment they got this first time.
