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.
26.05.2022
Celine, despite her young age, has shed many tears over pregnancies that ended in miscarriage for her. It’s hard to describe the joy we saw in her eyes when she finally became a MUM last August!!!
Celine is 25 years old and is one of the Burkinabe women working at the Good Factory garden in Gourcy. Celine’s dreams were like the dreams of women in all other parts of the world – she really wanted to find a stable job, live a healthy life and start a family. You have created a workplace for her, which is a self-sustaining garden, helping the local community not only to enrich their own diet, but also to develop their business. You have greened 3 hectares of desert with us, which is now a real green paradise. You built a mill with us, which allows the community in Gourcy to process grain and sell flour!
And just as you brought life into this piece of land, you gave Celine the most beautiful gift of life – her own dream child. Without the specialist gynaecological care you provided, which she could not afford, there would have been no chance of maintaining the pregnancy. And yet, medicine worked perfectly in this case too, and today Celine is the happiest mum under the Saharan sun. She is mum to little Caroline.
We celebrate Mother’s Day in Poland today. For women like Celine it is one of the most important holidays of the year, but for many others it is a cause for tears.
Lack of gynaecological care, difficult birth conditions, lack of perinatal education or simply malnutrition stand in the way of happy motherhood for many women in countries such as Burkina Faso. It pains us to realise that sometimes all it takes is literally a few doctor’s visits for a mum-to-be in her eighth week of pregnancy to hear the longed-for heartbeat of her baby on an ultrasound. After all, such a visit to the doctor in Burkina Faso often costs the equivalent of just a few dozen PLN!
By giving a Bouquet of Good you create equal opportunities for these women, so that basic medical care before and during pregnancy is not a luxury! Visit GoodWorks 24/7 today and give a Bouquet of real GOOD!
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 […]
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 […]
