The people of Gourcy village need us very much!

Burkina Faso

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.

Overview:
  • 43.7% of the society makes less than 1.90 USD per day
  • the youth literacy index is 52.5%, which makes it one of the lowest in the world
  • only 37.7% people aged 15 or more can read and write
  • 80% of the employed population works in agriculture
We teach resourcefulness and the basics of farming to about

40

families from the village of Gourcy
We are training

58

women for the profession of a dressmaker

23.05.2022

38 families from the small village of Gourcy in the north of Burkina Faso have once again greened 3 hectares of desert. They know it will be a difficult year. They know that, especially now, their work is a lifeline not only for them, but for the entire local community. Farming is now the most important weapon in the fight against the anticipated famine. The tools you provide to the people in our care are now worth more than ever!

Burkina Faso is struggling with attacks from Islamic extremists, which have forced millions of inhabitants of the northern part of the country to leave their homes. An additional threat are the increasingly severe droughts linked to global warming. The war in Ukraine also adds a new and frightening dimension to the famine of which the World Food Programme warned earlier this year. 2022 will be dire.

Burkina Faso imports more than half of its demand for wheat from Russia and Ukraine. The Russians have taken between 400,000 and up to 500,000 tonnes of grain out of the occupied Ukrainian territories, making importers in Africa and the Middle East their hostages. Ukrainian depots that have not been damaged by the fighting are full of grain. However, farmers have nowhere to store the next harvest, which will start at the end of June and could go to waste as a result. Ukrainians also lack the fuel and manpower to sow the fields. Russia, in turn, may experience a shortage of seeds and pesticides, which it usually buys from the European Union. If nothing changes, there will be a famine, with African and Middle Eastern people being the first victims.

Of course, political solutions are needed above all to help end the war and establish lasting peace, but every one of us can help in a very concrete way right now! The people of the village of Gourcy in northern Burkina Faso need us very much! We need to quickly provide the garden with tools and seeds, deepen the wells and expand the area so that even more food can be produced.

This is a time when gardening tools can save someone’s life! Join us in the fight against hunger and donate gardening tools to one more family!

Urgent Help Needed

Save the Pharmacy for the Poorest in Togo

This amount will allow for equipping pharmacy shelves for the first half of the year. Ania and Mateusz will take care of this, and they will fly to Togo in February and fill the shelves with the most essential antibiotics, antimalarial drugs, and pain relievers. The Saoudé Pharmacy has people to save. It cannot succeed without your support.

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We already have :
3,419 EUR
We need:
6,667 EUR