According to the UN, Burkina Faso is one of the least developed countries in the world. It has one of the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) values — 0.459, placing the country 186th out of 193.
08.09.2025
Illiteracy is not a blank page. It’s a page where fate has already written the whole story for you.
Today is International Literacy Day—a day to celebrate those who have been given the most important tool: the ability to read and write. A tool to rewrite your own story, or at least place your own commas and periods on your terms.
Education is the only lifeline you can grab when fate pulls you down from birth.
And you all have thrown that lifeline. The news of what has happened thanks to you arrived just this morning! The school year has begun, and our youngest students went to school for the very first time!
Remember Aimable, who walked an hour to school carrying notebooks that dissolved under his tattered uniform? Today, thanks to you, he started at a new private school with much higher quality education. And little Shalom, who not long ago didn’t know if he would have enough to eat, went to preschool for the first time with his brother Bruno. Their father, awaiting leg surgery, proudly accompanied them to class.
This is all thanks to you! From the bottom of our hearts, we thank everyone who provided school supplies and gave them this chance.
But this is not the end.
In Burkina Faso and Togo, the school year starts a little later. There are still children waiting for their chance—the one starter kit that will allow them to cross the school threshold with their heads held high, not with the shame of empty hands.
Let’s not allow their story to be written by poverty. Visit GoodWorks 24/7 and give children the tools to change their future!
24.06.2025
Aguera is 20 years old, and knows she doesn’t have that much time. In just a few years, she’ll have children, household duties, and fewer opportunities. In Burkina Faso, this is her last chance for education. It’s now or never. She’s doing it for her future. A profession in her hands means she will always […]
12.06.2025
In the small village of Gourcy, a big story is unfolding. Dozens of women are taking the first real exam of their lives. The focus in the room is as intense as during open-heart surgery. Only the top two will receive sewing machines—and with them, the chance to open their own tailoring business. For these […]
06.05.2025
Alimata harvests spinach from a plot that, until recently, was nothing more than dry sand. She prices each bundle at about €0.5—the cost of lunch for two children now that corn has become so expensive. Her hands carry the scent of soil, and her eyes shine with a sense of agency. This crop is her […]