Shreya Ramakrishnan
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Global Giving Success
After an eventful two weeks, we want to offer huge thanks to all of the amazing donors who supported our campaign! We had 100 donations and raised a total of $13,239! Thank you for helping KAFO reach higher! These contributions will be directly applied to building a health care center in Konkourona, changing citizens’ lives…
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Students and teachers are celebrating!
After weeks of work by contractors and volunteers, the teachers’ housing is complete! Four new buildings stand on the school campus, and three homes nearby were renovated to be equally desirable. These modern homes are some of the highest quality in the village. With features like handicap accessible entries, tile floors, solar powered electricity, ventilation,…
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The GlobalGiving Accelerator Campaign has begun!
KAFO has been accepted into the GlobalGiving Accelerator Program! GlobalGiving is the largest global crowdfunding community, connecting nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country around the world! Participating in the GlobalGiving Accelerator Crowdfunding Campaign gives KAFO the chance to gain permanent membership into the GlobalGiving community. Between September 14th and September 30th, we will be raising…
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More students make progress!
Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to major disruptions in schools all over the world, including Burkina Faso, many KAFO-sponsored students progressed to the next level of their education. In addition to the 20 students from Konkourona Primary School that passed the compulsory exam for middle school, two students living in Bobo-Dioulasso, Larissa and Agnés, also…
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New classrooms are finished!
A priest, a teacher, and an elder walk onto campus. This is not the beginning of a joke, it is the inauguration of the new classrooms at Konkourona Primary School! As Burkina Faso rolls back previous tight social distancing restrictions needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the village is now open again to non-residents…