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.
13.10.2021
Hot news from the Good Factory tailoring workshop in Burkina Faso! The 14 trainees, who have been learning the profession of seamstress for three years, have just taken their final exams.
It was not easy. The first theoretical part showered the candidates with a barrage of questions. The next, practical part, involved taking measurements and cutting a predefined pattern for a dress.
The mood was increasingly tense as the stakes were high. Completion of the course in our tailoring school is confirmed by a state certificate which entitles you to practice the profession and open your own atelier.
We now know that all fourteen, although with varying results, passed the exam. They will find out the results in a moment! The main task of the Good Factory is to provide equal opportunities for people, so in addition to new skills we want to give those in our care a very practical tool – a sewing machine – which will make their start easier!
If you want to help us by doing something very good and just as practical, donate a sewing machine that will open up new possibilities for our students.
GoodWorks 24/7 is a place that brings more and more good into the world every day. You decide what you pick off the shelf as well as how and where you help, always targeting very specific needs!
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 […]
