Garden Cooperatives in Lake Bam

fbf — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:38:45 +0000

Garden Cooperatives in Lake Bam fbf Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:38

2007, 2009, Darigma, Koumbango, Loulouka, food, fostering innovation, revenue-generating

FBF funds were used to purchase garden tools and irrigation equipment for women’s garden cooperatives in the villages of Loulouka and Koumbango in 2007, and Darigma in 2009. The irrigation equipment allows for increased food security and revenue for the members of the three cooperatives and their families. FBF channeled its financial support through Association APRODES (Action de Production pour le Développment Economique et Sociale), a Burkinabé non-governmental organization whose goals are consistent with FBF’s priorities, namely a focus on sustainable community development, indigenous capacity building, and economic empowerment of women.

An Integrated Farm Fostering Orphans

fbf — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:41:20 +0000

An Integrated Farm Fostering Orphans fbf Fri, 04/13/2007 - 10:41

2007, Loropeni, food, fostering innovation, orphans, revenue-generating

Omigbéfitè, loosely translated as “help our brothers,” is an organization of 30 Burkinabé adults residing in the village of Loropeni in south central Burkina Faso. Each of its members grew up as an orphan or in a single parent household. The group welcomed the arrival of many young orphans into their community in 2006-07 due to the influx of people crossing the border from war-torn Ivory Coast in the mid-2000. Omigbéfitè provided these youth with food, housing, and apprenticeships educating them about farming grains, vegetables, and livestock. In 2007, FBF defrayed material costs that enabled the group to irrigate an enlarged garden consisting of fruit trees peanuts, yams, tomatoes, eggplant, corn, peppers, melons, and cabbage. Produce was sold in the local market to raise funds to train and school orphans supported by the Omigbéfitè.