Bodyr, Burkina Faso
ground break august 2022
We’re excited to announce that our school in Bodyr, Burkina Faso is now under build and will be providing vital education to 84 students (48 girls)! We have two wonderful teachers, teaching three different grade levels. We are also working with community leaders to identify and enrol more girls.
We couldn’t have done this without you - so thank you, you wonderful humans!
About bodyr, burkina faso
A landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is ranked as the world’s 7th least developed nation on the UN Human Development Index with 44 percent of the population living below the poverty line of $1.90 a day. More than half of people over the age of 15 are illiterate, and the average child will attend school for just 1.5 years.
Nearly 80 percent of Burkina Faso’s population works in agriculture, making the country’s economy extremely dependent on this industry. Unfortunately, over the past 50+ years, temperatures in the region have continued to rise, contributing to severe droughts, desertification, and degraded soils.
In addition to these economic hardships, Burkina Faso’s small villages and remote communities such as Bodyr often lack access to quality school structures and classrooms. The village of Bodyr is a rural community of approximately 680 people located in the Central-West region. Most community members are subsistence farmers who rear livestock and corn, millet and sorghum.
Meet one of our bodyr Students
Ten-year-old Léa Stéphanie is a passionate fourth grade student and one of 84 children in Bodyr who can't wait to have a new school to learn in.
You can also tour Lea Stephanie’s old school here:
the build gallery
