2003 https://www.friendsofburkinafaso.org/ en Shea-Butter Entreprises https://www.friendsofburkinafaso.org/projects/shea-butter-entreprises <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Shea-Butter Entreprises</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>fbf</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2010-04-13T10:36:43-04:00" title="Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 10:36" class="datetime">Tue, 04/13/2010 - 10:36</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <a href="/index.php/tags/2003" hreflang="en">2003</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/2010" hreflang="en">2010</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/babora-pegora" hreflang="en">Babora-Pegora</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/tiogo" hreflang="en">Tiogo</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/fostering-innovation" hreflang="en">fostering innovation</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/revenue-generating" hreflang="en">revenue-generating</a> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Two Burkinabe NGOs--Association ASUDEC and Association NOWON--approached FBF about collaborating with them in efforts to promote shea-butter as a source of income for women’s cooperatives in the villages of Babora-Pegora and Tiogo. FBF provided funds to ASUDEC in 2003 and to NOWAN in 2010 to purchase a hydraulic oil press in Babora-Pegora and Tiogo, respectively. The mills, in combination with ASUDEC’s and NOWON’s educational programs, provided incentives for cooperative members to collect shea nuts, process them into shea butter, and sell the butter in the market. Thanks to these shea-butter projects, women have been empowered and household incomes have increased in both villages.</p></div> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:36:43 +0000 fbf 17 at https://www.friendsofburkinafaso.org Que Serons-Nous Demain? https://www.friendsofburkinafaso.org/projects/que-serons-nous-demain <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Que Serons-Nous Demain?</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>fbf</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2003-06-01T19:40:30-04:00" title="Sunday, June 1, 2003 - 19:40" class="datetime">Sun, 06/01/2003 - 19:40</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <a href="/index.php/tags/2003" hreflang="en">2003</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/fada-n-gourma" hreflang="en">Fada N&#039;gourma</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/peace-corps" hreflang="en">Peace Corps</a>, <a href="/index.php/tags/girls" hreflang="en">girls</a> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>During the early 2000s, PCVs conducted leadership camps in communities throughout Burkina for teenage women who had successfully graduated from the 9<sup>th</sup> grade with their BEPC certificates. The primary purposes of the camps, under a program called Que Serons-Nous Demain?, were to broaden young women’s understanding of the life choices they face, build their self-esteem and self-confidence, and broaden their life and professional goals. The young women attending these camps were encouraged to envision future roles they could assume which would benefit not only themselves but to contribute to the general well-being of their families and communities. While attending the leadership camps, the girls were exposed to non-traditional career options through interviews and field trips. Discussion sessions were designed to heighten awareness about AIDS/HIV and family planning issues. The girls acquired decision-making skills at the camps to make personal and academic choices that held promise to enrich their lives and enable them to reach their full potentials. In 2003, FBF funded 8 camps held in communities throughout the country when Que Serons-Nous Demain? became a collaborative effort with the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), a Burkinabe non-governmental organization, and Peace Corps Burkina.</p></div> Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:40:30 +0000 fbf 37 at https://www.friendsofburkinafaso.org