Dec 28, 2016
After two years of real uneasiness, on the trip between December 5 and 11, it seemed to me Burkina Faso was as full of uncertainties as ever, yet more peaceful, joyful and vibrant. Mercè, Eva, Koke and I left on the 5th for an intense week of incessant work. The...
Nov 29, 2016
Last week I found myself caught up in the capture of a thief who had snatched a purse from a girl on a motorbike. I was in my car, only a few meters from the girl’s bike. Days later, thinking it over, I’m still surprised at the scene that developed around the...
Oct 28, 2016
If I close my eyes I can see their faces perfectly – with expressions both defiant and skittish – They are the boys from the first group of the education and reintegration project for street kids, who have gone on to become apprentices in vocational workshops: Salfo,...
Sep 29, 2016
Inoussa is 10 years old and will stay back this year in CE2 (4th grade of primary school in the Spanish system). Of the almost 500 children in the School Scholarship Program, he is the only one who was left back to whom we will give a second chance this year. His case...
Jul 28, 2016
In Burkina, the shade of a tree is the preferred place for get-togethers. Trees are the witnesses to discussions in which decisions are made and problems solved, and weddings, communions, baptisms and funerals are organized. And of course, where the best naps are...
