“IN MEMORIAM” Dear Juan Carlos
Dear President, dear Juan Carlos, rest in peace.
“When the Purpose Remains”, by Gemma Jimeno
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of participating, together with Tere Silla, Board Member of Jeanologia, an Institutional Patron of FAR, in ProposiTalks, an initiative promoted by Banco Sabadell’s Business Hub in collaboration with the Chair of Business Culture at the University of Valencia, to share how collaboration between the business sector and the third sector can generate social impact, create opportunities, and improve people’s lives.
From María in Rimkieta: First days at the FAR – growing in quality!
The 25 girls enrolled in the FAR training centre for the 14th cohort (2025–2026) of the Out-of-School Girls Training Project are starting a new chapter! After a simple, yet very moving ceremony, during which the new facilities were blessed, the building has come to life with the arrival of the girls in their new classroom. This is where they begin the first stage of a project that has already transformed the future of 295 young girls, offering them an alternative to the cycle of exclusion, child labour and early marriage
Identity for All: 401 New ID Cards in Rimkieta
After more than 12 hours of intense activity at FAR, marked by strong mobilization and a constant flow of people in the courtyard and maternelle classrooms, 401 women, men, and young people went from being undocumented to obtaining their National Identity Card (DNI). What may seem obvious in many countries is not the case in Burkina Faso, where one in three inhabitants lacks formal identification.
This post does not feature the personal story of any woman or child benefiting from our projects, as is often the case in my post, and perhaps for that reason you may find it less emotional. But it speaks of one of those many activities we carry out that do not change a single, specific life and yet have an enormous social impact. The good news is that, to make up for it, it’s brief… so I hope you’ll keep reading!
¡Olé Salimata, olé!
September is one of the busiest months at FAR and, without a doubt, the time when I have the privilege of having the most direct contact with our beneficiaries, thanks to the distribution of the school scholarships. It is a close encounter, which is always accompanied by an endless stream of anecdotes that remind me, with renewed strength, why we are in the Rimkieta neighbourhood and why we do what we do.
Lives Are Touched by Our Projects!
Sophie, a participant in FAR’s “Bicycles for Rimkieta” program, vanished without a trace in April 2024. Now, more than a year later, she’s suddenly back in touch.