Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Teachers’ housing is complete!
The keys were handed over to the six teachers and the school director who moved to Konkourona for the new school year. When classes resumed, the teachers moved into their homes in these four new and three renovated buildings. The new homes have solar panels for electricity and are large enough to accommodate the teachers’…
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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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Thank you for believing!
Here at KAFO, it is a part of our mission to help every child become great through power of education. Because of our supporters, we are doing just that. You had empathy for these kids and with kindness you offered your financial support. Thanks to you, the young students are even more eager to learn…
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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…
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Primary Health Center gains new grounds!
A successful meeting of the Mami Siara Na Association, the Land Chief and the elders of Konkourona was held, during which a site was chosen for the construction of the new Primary Health Center. An additional meeting was then held with the three men whose land would be needed for the site and the men…