Help Send 900 Girls to School in Ouelessebougou!

Last month, the Ouelessebougou Alliance held its annual charitable gala auction. This event was our annual fundraiser where a large portion of program funding was raised. At the auction, money was procured for vaccinations, mosquito netting, health agent training, health matron training, economic development, feminine hygiene kits, garden wells, potable water wells and several other projects. While these invaluable projects represent the very heart of the Ouelessebougou Alliance's mission statement, perhaps the most valuable funds raised were for teacher training, classroom construction, school supplies, bench desks and other costs associated with school attendance and maintenance.

Many of our programs change lives, yet one focuses uniquely on sustainable and generational change that can never be taken away: education. Ensuring village health and prosperity is indispensable. However, education gives our villagers the chance to gain something that can never be taken away from them, and can change not only their own lives, but their familys' lives and the lives of future generations as well.

At times, international development can seem daunting. Village improvements and positive changes can seem like a small drop in a very large bucket. However, for the children of Ouelessebougou, money spent on education is never wasted; and improvements and positive changes constitute the difference between a life of growth and flourishment and a life without literacy or hope for economic advancement. For all that you have done for this project, I cannot thank you enough. Perhaps one day the village children will be able to personally tell you what your donations have meant to them.

Iniche!