girls

School Lunch Program

fbf — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:31:48 +0000

School Lunch Program fbf Fri, 02/27/2015 - 07:31

NEEED, Ouahigouya, girls, primary school

Primary school graduates of the Lambs for School project are able to extend their education by attending the Lycée Moderne de l’Amitié (LMA), a combined middle-secondary school near Ouahigouya. These girls walk, on average, six kilometers every day to attend class. From 2007-2012, FBF support provided noon-day meals for students who came from distant villages and stayed in Ouahigouya. Their parents were unable to provide lunches for their daughters and these girls had no other source of food to sustain them throughout the day. In 2012, another LMA partner in Europe provided essential financing for this project. However, this partner had to withdrew its support for this project in 2015 due to financial constraints. Thereafter, FBF reactivated the noon-day-meals project in an attempt to help fill the funding gap.

Classrooms for the Lycée Modern de l’Amitié in Yatenga

fbf — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:28:53 +0000

Classrooms for the Lycée Modern de l’Amitié in Yatenga fbf Fri, 02/27/2015 - 07:28

NEEED, Ouahigouya, Yatenga, girls, primary school

As girls began graduating in increasing numbers from village primary schools in the Yatenga Province, Association NEEED saw the need to build a middle school. It appealed and secured funding from foreign donors, including the Friends of Burkina Faso, to pay the construction costs for building classrooms for its middle school, called the Lycée Moderne de l’Amitié (LMA), located just outside of Ouahigouya. In 2005, LMA enrolled its first students, thanks to the support of donors in the U.S. and in Germany. With a growing student population, NEEED appealed to donors several years later. Shortly thereafter, LMA received funding to double the number of classrooms to twelve. Today, in 2015, 685 students are attending this thriving, now combined middle-secondary school.

Lambs for Girls’ Education

fbf — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:29 +0000

Lambs for Girls’ Education fbf Mon, 02/27/2012 - 07:00

NEEED, girls, lambs for school, primary school

FBF’s partnership with Association Nimbus, Enfance, Environnement, Education et Developpement (a non-profit non-governmental organization formed and run by Burkinabe) launched the Lambs for School Project in 2002 which is still ongoing. This program buys a lamb and school materials for a girl’s first year of school and requires her parents to 1) raise and sell the lamb at the end of the year to pay for their daughter’s school needs the following year and 2) use the proceeds from the sale of the lamb to purchase another lamb. This strategy enables parents to support their daughter’s education until the child completes her secondary school education. Since the inception of this project, FBF has supported the entrance into primary school of 3,571 girls. An impressive 88% of the girls have passed their national exams, qualifying them to go on to college (middle school). In addition to girls enrolled in the program, a big payoff from the Lambs for School initiative is increased awareness of the value of educating girls as well as boys in rural villages. Committed parents, NEEED’s encouragement and support, and the girls’ hard work have all contributed to the success of this program.

Post-secondary Scholarships

fbf — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:33:30 +0000

Post-secondary Scholarships fbf Sat, 02/27/2010 - 07:33

2010, NEEED, girls, post-secondary school, scholarships

In 2010, FBF began supporting girls’ post-secondary scholarships. This on-going program helps finance training of young women either to become midwives, nurses, or primary-school teachers or enables them to pursue a university education. Selection criteria include potential for candidates to succeed in their studies and financial need. Preference is also given to girls from rural villages. In the past five years, FBF has supported 116 scholarships. Only one student has dropped out. Competition for our scholarships from qualified girls is keen, with over 200 girls applying for a scholarship every year.

Que Serons-Nous Demain?

fbf — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:40:30 +0000

Que Serons-Nous Demain? fbf Sun, 06/01/2003 - 19:40

2003, Fada N'gourma, Peace Corps, girls

During the early 2000s, PCVs conducted leadership camps in communities throughout Burkina for teenage women who had successfully graduated from the 9^th 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.