According to the UN, it is one of the least developed countries in the world. It has one of the lowest values of HDI (Human Development Index). It amounts to 0.4, placing Burkina Faso on the 185th place among 188 countries.
25.07.2022
Gosia Tomaszewska has just returned from Togo with loads of news and greetings from our charges. The smiles in the photos speak for themselves. For years you have been giving these people the chance to think about tomorrow with a smile on their faces. In Togo, we heal by providing help to those who could never afford it themselves.
In the first photo, you can see Florence looking after the pharmacy. She is the extension of your hands on site. Every year, she dispenses medicines to nearly 4,000 patients, for whom a trip to the city and the purchase of prescribed medicines is financially as out of reach as a flight into space for us!
Marie Claire, whom we have supported for years, can be seen smiling at you in the next photo. Thanks to several trips to neighbouring Burkina Faso that were funded by you and, above all, thanks to the fact that Gosia Tomaszewska, who met little Marie Claire and immediately took her under her wing, is on the spot, the girl now has straight legs. The little star has had two knee operations. She has swapped her wooden prostheses for colourful dresses in which she dances and happily goes to school.
The family project and the pharmacy in Saoudé are very meek projects. Nothing spectacular. Simply providing company to people who are unwell. Thank you for doing this with us.
15.02.2024
Let’s go! Though for now it’s more like “Let’s run!”… Delayed flight and a forced half-kilometer sprint with a backpack and suitcase. What’s the reward? Gate K3 is open. We’ll be in Lomé by evening. And we really want to take you with us! The plan is to visit our pharmacy’s beneficiaries in Saoudé – […]
03.08.2023
Although there is a shortage of food in Burkina Faso, its production is further restricted by… safety concerns. The authorities have banned the cultivation of tall cereal crops. Maize fields are a potential hiding place for jihadists and a route for their expansion southwards. Imagine how paralysing this must be in terms of fear and […]
27.06.2023
Catherine looks at the sewing machine as if she has been given the keys to an expensive car. This is the reward for 3 years of difficult cutting and sewing lessons, ending with an exam. She passed and will therefore take up an apprenticeship at a tailor’s atelier any day now, and then she can […]
