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Created on Friday, 20 January 2012 14:53

Welcome to the new website of WOL Foundation for Education in Burkina Faso. The website is still under construction, but look around. Any suggestions? Please let us know!

Poverty, illiteracy and ignorance go hand in hand. Poor Countries have no money to set up a good education system. Without education, the population uneducated and ignorant. Ignorant people see no way to escape from poverty. Poor people can not afford to send their children to school. They can not pay taxes. And governments of poor countries have no funds for basic services like education and health. Even supports the government of a country the right of children to education and commits itself to free and compulsory education for all 6-16 year olds.

Burkina Faso trying Development Association Sans Frontiere (DSF) to do something. They alphabetize the parents to teach them the importance of education to show. They train parents to the newly acquired academic skills to be used for income generating activities. They assist parents to send their children to school. And they are committed to quality throughout the education system so that education is actually being used for development and poverty reduction.

WOL Foundation supports this DSF. Want foundation support WOL? Click below on one of our three main projects.

Sheep for school material

Burkina's primary school is basically free of charge. The resources available at the schools are very limited. Parents must themselves buy additional school material. Many parents are unable to do so. By providing them with a sheep, they can earn just enough income to buy the school material for their child.

Pupils Adoption Project

For many village children in Burkina Faso the primary school is also their last education. In rural areas there are no secondary schools and parents are too poor to pay for further education for their child. In the school adoption project, these children a chance to continue their studies in the city and escape from poverty.