According to the UN, it is one of the least developed countries in the world. It has one of the lowest values of HDI (Human Development Index). It amounts to 0.4, placing Burkina Faso on the 185th place among 188 countries.
13.05.2023
A sip of hot morning tea… have you ever thought about how it is made? Who are the people manually processing the coffee beans that you may be drinking as you read this text?
More often than not, it is a mother who, in order to feed her children, spends hours in a farm field. It is also the woman who wants to pay for the treatment of her elderly parents, so she sews your T-shirt. Behind every single thing you buy, there is a specific person.
The 13th of May is Fair Trade day. What is Fair Trade? It’s all about decent wages for workers, safe and respectful trade practices, fair prices and adequate social conditions.
From every cup of coffee drunk, only a small part of the profit reaches the worker. The salary is not even enough to meet the basic needs of themselves and their family.
In Burkina Faso, where almost 50% of the population lives on less than $1.90 a day, we have been running a project to support local entrepreneurship for years. We have set up a cooperative where we provide jobs and prepare more than 50 women to become seamstresses. We have built a mill that grinds grain from the fields of the families we support. A vegetable garden feeds the families but also provides produce for sale.
Today, we encourage you to make a benevolent purchase in our charity shop. Every product you find there has been made with respect for Fair Trade principles. With just the purchase of one Fair Trade-certified T-shirt, we can provide tools for a garden in Burkina Faso for those in need. One such set for the people of Gourcy living in extreme poverty holds the promise of a new start and the life they dream of.
03.07.2024
Alimata packs balls of truly organic sumbala into plastic bags with slightly trembling fingers. For the first time, the fruits of her labor will be in someone else’s hands – nothing can crumble. Every movement of her worn-out hands carries the accumulated tension of recent years. Once, producing spice for sale in these harsh, poor […]
15.02.2024
Let’s go! Though for now it’s more like “Let’s run!”… Delayed flight and a forced half-kilometer sprint with a backpack and suitcase. What’s the reward? Gate K3 is open. We’ll be in Lomé by evening. And we really want to take you with us! The plan is to visit our pharmacy’s beneficiaries in Saoudé – […]
03.08.2023
Although there is a shortage of food in Burkina Faso, its production is further restricted by… safety concerns. The authorities have banned the cultivation of tall cereal crops. Maize fields are a potential hiding place for jihadists and a route for their expansion southwards. Imagine how paralysing this must be in terms of fear and […]
