Project Report
| Nov 16, 2021
Same Project: New 501c3 Sponsor
By Suzanne Plopper | Project manager
This project report is simply to share with you a change in sponsorship of the Needed: School Lunches Project at the Lycee Moderrne de l'Amitie (LMA) in Burkina Faso. Friends of Burkina Faso (FBF), the longtime sponsor of this project, has decided to spin this project off.
The Burkina Faso Girls' Education Fund (BFGEF) was established to continue the support of this very successful girls' education project. Through Global NEEED Burkina who has managed and implemented this project since 2025, Friends of Burkina Faso has been proud to support school lunches for girls from distant villages attending this combined middle/secondary school. For the past six years, an average of 80% of LMA students passed year-end national exams compared with 37% of middle/secondary students nation-wide. Learning conditions, including a school lunch, high academic standards and committed faculty and students account for this success.
AS YOU CONTINUE TO DONATE TO THIS PROJECT ON GLOBALGIVING, ALL WILL BE THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE PROJECT SPONSOR WHICH IS NOW BURKINA FASO GIRLS' EDUCATION FUND, a new partner with GlobalGiving.
Thank you for your continuing support.
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Sep 30, 2021
A Successful Student Appreciates Your Support
By Suzanne Plopper | Project manager
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Fanta will study biomedical science
So proud to share with you one of the young women who has benefitted from the school lunches you have supported at the Lycée Moderne de l’Amitié (combined middle/secondary school in northern Burkina Faso). Fanta just completed her middle and secondary school education at the lycée, concentrating her studies in science. This fall, she enters university to study biomedical sciences, with the aim of working in a medical laboratory for which she says there is a crucial need in Burkina.
Fanta comes from a village. Her father is a subsistence farmer. Fanta underscores the importance of a noon meal at the lycée. Like her fellow students, she had no place else to go for a noon meal and no money to pay for one; and like her fellow students, she spent her noon break after lunch studying for her classes. She credits the school lunch program, along with committed faculty, for contributing to her success.
Fanta is just one of many young village women who have high aspirations and who work hard to achieve them. We are proud to support the education of such talented young women who will contribute to the needs of Burkina Faso. Fanta is most grateful to Global NEEED Burkina and to GlobalGiving donors for supporting her school lunches and asks that we continue to support the school lunch program for children of vulnerable families.
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Jun 2, 2021
Bienvenue Aspires to Become a Judge
By Suzanne Plopper | Project manager
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Bienvenue aspires to become a judge
Bienvenue is in her final year of secondary school at the Lycee Moderne de l’Amitie (LMA). Coming from a family of 10 children, Bienvenue feels extremely fortunate to be able to pursue her education at the LMA. She takes her studies very seriously and hopes to become a judge one day. She is particularly concerned about the rights of widows and orphans in Burkina; and she dreams about how she can contribute effectively to the development of her country Burkina Faso.
Says Bienvenue, “The school canteen has played a very important role in my academic success to date. While in school, I live with an aunt and cousins 3 kilometers from the school and the distance and heat would make it impossible for me to go home for lunch. Following lunch at the school canteen, I sit under a tree and study for my next classes. I am extremely grateful to have such a canteen at my school. Your support for the canteen contributes to the capacity of the LMA to graduate young women who will contribute to the development of our great nation.”
As this school year comes to a close, students like Bienvenue prepare for national exit exams. This is particularly important for students in their final year of secondary school as the results of their exams determine whether or not they will qualify to continue on with their educations. We wish Bienvenue and her fellow classmates all the best at this important moment.
We thank you for your continuing support for these very deserving and hardworking young women!
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