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NIBAGDO, BURKINA FASO
Burkina Faso Village Project
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• Project Start Date: 2006
• Local Partner: Centro Italiano Aiuti all’Infanzia (CIAI)
• Direct Beneficiaries in 2014: 62
• Direct Beneficiaries since start of Project: 119
• Infrastructure Projects Completed: Nibagdo Primary School
expansion; Sogpelce’ Secondary School
Since 2006, the Foundation has supported the education of
119 underprivileged students from the region of Boulkiemde’,
providing also basic health care and nutrition, micronutrients,
vitamin supplements, anti-parasite medication, soap, and hygiene
training. The Foundation expanded a primary school in 2007,
adding sanitation facilities, canteen, kitchen, and extra classrooms,
doubling its capacity, and subsequently built a Secondary School in
the nearby village of Sogpelce’ which now holds over 700 students.
Students receive a yearly medical check up at the school premises.
Each child is screened for hearing, eyesight, general health
conditions, and dental health. A health record for every child is
maintained. Once a year they are given one round of iron and
folic acid supplements. Mandatory vaccinations and visits for
illnesses during the year outside the school medical check ups
are done at the nearby Health Centre, which is a few kilometers
away. For serious illnesses or surgery, the students are referred
to the nearest hospital, which is 80 kilometers away.
Our sponsorship also
helps fund a micro credit
program to provide income
generating opportunities
to families of beneficiaries,
which include preparation
and sale of meals, eggs,
sprouted millet, cereals,
corn flour, and hand woven
handicrafts, among others.
An agricultural program in
8 villages for the cultiva-
tion of beans and sesame
has proven very successful.
Medical Check-up at Nibagdo school.
Families have increased their income and are motivated to continue
to earn enough funds to support their own children in school.
Primary school children lining up for lunch at the school kitchen.
In 2014, the Foundation funded the expansion of the Secondary
school and the electric and water system.
The secondary school comprises now 10 classrooms, administra-
tion offices, library, reading room, and director’s lodging.
Nibagdo primary school. The girl in the foreground is sounding the
school bell.
Students of Nibagdo primary school heading to school