Free school fees for displaced children in Burkina

As part of the implementation of its project entitled "Free school fees for internally displaced children in Burkina", Global NEEED Burkina Faso has enabled forty (40) young girls from displaced families to go to school . Indeed, during the month of October 2022, Global NEEED Burkina offered each of these 40 girls from Tougouzagué primary school a school kit consisting of a bag, notebooks, pens, school clothes. In addition, solar lamps were given to allow them to study at night. The girls and their parents and guardians were very happy. According to some testimonies, had it not been for the intervention of Global NEEED Burkina, these girls would not be in school.

With a view to comforting Internally Displaced Students removed from the streets as part of the implementation of the project "Free school fees for displaced children in Burkina Faso", Global NEEED Burkina organized from June 14 to 16, 2022 , a study trip for their benefit. This study trip involved the thirty-five best internally displaced students from the Lycée Moderne de l’Amitié in Ouahigouya. This activity was aimed at the city of Ouagadougou, Ziniaré and the village of Laongo, localities located in the regions of the center and the central plateau.

We visited in the city of Ouagadougou the Bangr-Wéogo Urban Park, the National Museum, the Thomas SANKARA Memorial, the roundabout of the Martyrs. In the town of Ziniaré, 30 kilometers east of Ouagadougou, we visited the animal sanctuary and in Laongo we visited the granite sculptures.

This outing was fruitful for these students. They were amazed by what they were able to discover and learn on these different sites visited. Moreover, many students are discovering the city of Ziniaré for the first time and especially the capital Ouagadougou with its roads crowded with people, motorbikes and cars. We can therefore imagine the great joy that was theirs on their return to Ouahigouya