Noon Meal Improves Girls' Learning in Burkina Faso

Students pose for a group photo at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year: College Modern de l'Amitie

The College Modern de l'Amitie (middle school) became the Lycee Moderne de l'Amitie (secondary school) this year as NEEED created a combined middle/secondary school to facilitate the continuation of studies for the girls attending this school.

Thanks to your support, students enjoy a lunch of rice and sauce.

I am a first year student in the middle school. My mother is a subsistence farmer in the village of Youba, 35 kms from the middle school. My father died two years ago. I have six brothers and sisters. I love school and hope to be a government official some day. While in school, I live with my brother, a student in secondary school in Ouahigouya, five kms from the middle school. I come to school on foot. I am very happy to be here. My mother says this is the best school in the region.