Today we "officially" created our charity "Kaïcedra". Statutes are signed and filed with the State of Geneva! We will support sustainable community initiatives in Burkina Faso in West Africa. What a feeling!
We're four people in this adventure: Françoise, Sabine, Sarah and myself. All with our own network, we hope to engage people in making change happen in the remote villages of Irim and Gorin, north of Burkina Faso. Our first project will be the construction of a classroom, not a small feast when one considers we have to collect 24,000.- Sfr. by June of this year!
The current classroom is made of straw and wood and welcomes 54 children. We visited it on our trip last December. After our visit, the village elders sat us down under their palaver tree and told us how important education was for their children and how their biggest wish was to have proper school infrastructures.
You can visit the charity's website at www.kaicedra.org (only in French so far).
If you want to help and fund a part of the classroom, check www.kaicedra.org/donner
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