Gender Equality Burkina Faso Project #48719

Economic Emancipation for 70 Women in Burkina Faso

by Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini ONLUS

Project Report | Sep 13, 2022
Funding this project is more needed than ever

By Licia Allara | Project Manager

Image from video: telling the project importance

When we look back at when we started this fundraising, upon request of the grassroot women group Wend Songda, the world seems another one. So many unpredictable, global disruptions happened, that nothing is the same anymore.

During the pandemic all efforts of donors where focused on the Covid emergency; when the world started breathing again, in Burkina Faso unrests in some parts of the country caused a big internal movement of people: many families that looked for safe places to live, relocated to the village of Dodougou, with the consequence that the well, that we built in 2019, was not sufficient anymore for the needs of all the inhabitants. Wend Songda then asked us to restore an old well in the outskirts of the village, so the fundraising effort was diverted to this small project; thanks to many donors, now the village has enought water for the need of everyone.

The outbreak of war in Ukraina, had and has as a consequence, the unbeliavable increase of food prices, in particular wheat, rice, maize: nowadays, many families can't afford anymore to buy the very base of their meals, in Burkina Faso.
So, now more than ever, this project is vital for the very survival of many families in Dodougou: with some little capital to invest in small economic activities, the women (mothers) of the group Wend Songda could raise the small money needed to sustain their children.

Again, very understandably, the efforts of many donors - especially in Europe - are concentrated in the Ukrainian refugees crisis. But we really hope that, even little by little, the funding of this project can reach soon the amount needed to start it.

Please spread the word!

Thanks for your attention and continuous support

Licia

on behalf of all the Wend Songda women and the Guardavanti team

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May 13, 2022
Dodougou between old and new necessities

By Marco Testa | Volunteer

Jan 13, 2022
Dodougou: the needs are growing

By Licia Allara | project manager

Pauline and her children at the old borehole site

In our last report, we gave an update about the situation of the village, under stress due to two main reasons: the impact of the Covid waves on the local subsistence econonomy, and the increase of the village's population due to families coming from the north of the country, where unrest and violences ahve been forcing a lot of people to migrate in safer parts of the Country.

In the last months, Dodougou had to face shortage of water: the borehole and the pump that was built 3 years ago thanks to the generosity of many GlobalGiving supporters, despite working perfectly, was not enough for everybody anymore. Due to the higher amount of water needed for the Covid, and the many new families, women and children waited in line at the water pump for hours, some started again the long walks to distant wells and boreholes.
Upon request of the women of the local groop "Wend-Songda", the group that will be the beneficiary of this microcredit project, we "diverted" our efforts in fundraising for few months, to bring back to life an old borehole at the edge of the village, providing a hand pump. The small project was funded (through different fundraising channels, other than GlobalGiving), the money has just been sent; now we can put our efforts on the microcredit again.

The women need the microcredit, to invest a little capital to grow their small activities, to sustain their children and gain a small independence.

We are collecting every cent, keeping the funds bounded until we have enough to start the project.

We thank all our supporter, and keep them updated on any development in the project. Please, spread the word among family and friends!

Thanks for following us.

Licia

Some women of Wend-Songda with their families

Links:

Project page on Guardavanti website

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