Oct 6, 2014
Today is the first day of the 2014-2015 school year. Like she does every year, Rihanata, the maternelle’s headmistress, has “forbidden” me to walk around the classes today. The thing is that the first few days of class for the maternelle children,...
Jun 30, 2014
I’ve had writer’s block for so long it’s worrisome. I attribute it to the heat we’ve been suffering. These last months have been really harsh. But the rains have started now, and with them my inspiration for this new blog post, which I hope you will enjoy (read...
Jan 27, 2014
Many thanks are due to the Barraquer Foundation. Together we did it! It was a week of intense teamwork, between the Friends of Rimkieta and the Barraquer Foundations – characterized by harmonious cooperation and a positive atmosphere. Among the 1,000 patients seen,...
Dec 1, 2013
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...
Nov 8, 2013
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...
Oct 16, 2013
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...
