Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso

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Summary

The project buys lambs & school materials for girls’ first year of school; and requires parents to raise, sell & purchase lambs to pay for their daughters’ remaining primary & middle school needs. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In northern Burkina Faso, less than 15% of girls go to school. Over the next 3 years, the project will enable 900 rural girls whose parents cannot afford to send them to school, to enter primary school. The project will purchase a lamb and school materials for the girls’ first year of primary school. Parents will assume responsibility for the costs of the remaining 10 years of primary and middle school by the yearly sale of their lambs and the purchase of new lambs and school materials.

Activities

The project works with village leaders & families to identify 5-6 year old girls & provides a lamb & school materials for each girl’s first year. Parents raise, sell & purchase lambs yearly to buy their daughters' school materials for 10 years.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $48,586
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $31,414
Total Funding Goal: $80,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

At least 80% of the 900 girls will achieve at least 10 years of education, leading to improved child health, lower fertility rates, higher levels of education in the next generation & more effective participation in civil society and the economy.

Project Message

One of the most important findings ever in the development community is that investing in the education of girls yields high returns for economic and social development.
- USAID Office of Women in Development, US international development agency

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Suzanne Plopper,
Project Manager, Girls' Education Project
P.O. Box 395
Chester, CA 96020
United States
530-284-7414
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Project Sponsor

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Organization

Friends of Burkina Faso (FBF)
P.O. Box 395
Chester, CA 96020
United States
530-284-7414
http://fbf.tamu.edu

Learn more about Friends of Burkina Faso (FBF) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Burkina Faso and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Burkina Faso, read the Human Development Report on Burkina Faso or the Wikipedia entry for Burkina Faso.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 16, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 17, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Update from the Lambs for School project

By Lacine Sawadogo - Coordinator of the Association NEEED , October 16, 2008 01:22 PM



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