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Burkina’s Magic

Dec 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Just a few days ago, Burkina’s national soccer team, the “’etalons,” played against Algeria for the next phase of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Government declared a day off work so that people could go watch the game at a bar or a neighbor’s house, as here there...

A New Kitchen and Office for the FAR

Nov 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

We’re debuting renovations at the maternelle. The kitchen, where Leonie, Odile and Mariette cook for the 300 nursery children, the 25 girls from the unschooled girls project, the 15 street children spending their first year of training at FAR, and the more than 30...

Quite an Example of Harmonious Coexistence between Religions

Oct 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

The Muslim Holiday “Aïd al-Kabïr ” (Tabaski), more or less like Christmas for Christians, has been in the air for days. It’s also called the lamb’s holiday because it celebrates a pasage of the Koran – also present in the Bible – in which Ibrahim (Abraham to...