Burkina Faso Outreach (BFOAfrica.org) is a non-profit Christian organization founded by Lynn Peters (St. Louis, MO). The organization was created to share the gospel and care for orphans and widows through Education and a Child Sponsorship Program in a small land locked country called Burkina Faso, West Africa.
"These people suffer in ways we can't imagine. Ninety percent of the population are subsistence farmers. In this dry sub-Saharan climate, they live day to day, hoping to have rain during the very short rainy season to grow a crop of millet. When the rains don't come, the children die from malnutrition. Families can't imagine having the means to treat their children for the deadly and all-too-common Malaria much less the many other diseases. A small 20% of the population is literate because they just don't have the means to pay the $3 annual primary school tuition. It's just a seemingly hopeless place."
The village of Gobila has CLEAN WATER! Check out the Photo Section.
Construction of the next 2 classrooms has begun! The deadline for completion is the 30th of September 2010 so we'll be ready for the start of school the first week of October.
Be sure to read the latest updates in the Newsletter posted in the Blog section!
Special Blessing Received from Hand of Hope - Joyce Meyer Ministries!
