Home Catalog Learn more FAQs About GlobalGiving     Search for a project:   ex: women health Themes Animals Children Climate Change (GG Green) Democracy Disaster Recovery Econ Development Education Environment Health Human Rights Microfinance Sport Technology Women   Regions Africa Asia Europe Middle East North America South/Central America      Home  > Catalog  > Burkina Faso Trouble Getting Started? Burkina Faso Noon Meal Improves Girls' Learning in Burkina Faso The project pays for a noon meal for girls who attend a girls' middle school and whose parents cannot afford school. Girls walk 6 km to and from school and have no other source of food during the day. Theme: Children | Need: $175,000   Lambs Support Village Girls' Education The project buys lambs & school materials for girls' first year of school. It requires parents to raise, sell & purchase lambs to pay for their daughters' school needs the following 12 years of school Theme: Children | Need: $80,000   Build Sustainable Housing for Families in Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, the struggle to obtain decent housing plunges millions of families into a vicious circle of poverty. Association la Voûte Nubienne (AVN) offers a solution to this problem, based on three principles: A Roof + A Skill + A Market. AVN organises the training and support of local teams to promote this solution on a large-scale so that families can acquire affordable, sustainable, and decent housing, at the same time improving their economic conditions and quality of life. Theme: Economic Development | Need: $50,000         Home | Catalog | About Us Phone: (202) 232-5784 Toll Free: (877) 605-2314 Fax: (202) 315-2558 GlobalGiving's policy is to post only projects that have undergone compliance checks to ensure that the projects are for a bona fide charitable purpose and that the projects meet applicable government laws relating to international philanthropy. No organization or corporation listed as a partner necessarily endorses or supports any particular project listed on GlobalGiving.com. The GlobalGiving Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization. Copyright © 2000-2011 GlobalGiving Foundation.