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5K Run for Water: Bapst, Bangor, BARKA
0 comments Oct 5, 2011Two years ago BARKA Foundation, together with Auguste Lompo, a friend from Burkina Faso, came to visit John Bapst High School, one of the top academic high schools in Maine. And so began a relationship with the Student Environmental Action Committee (SEAC) which invited Ina & I back the following year to address the entire [...]
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Williams College Burkina Day
Comments Off Oct 5, 2011Today is the result of many months of planning and years of patiently waiting for the right way to connect with Williams College, the nation’s #1 liberal arts college, and my alma mater. It would not have been possible without the tremendous support of Carrie Tribble, ’13, who was the student coordinator for this series [...]
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BARKA, Burkina Electric & The Berkshires
0 comments Sep 26, 2011WILLIAMSTOWN — For the BARKA Foundation, change and progress is coming on in the forms of dance, art, water filters and the sounds of electronica… Download the full story by Jenn Smith of The Berkshire Eagle.
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“Burkina Day” @ Williams College
0 comments Sep 22, 2011September 22, 2011: Community Corner with Ina & Esu of The BARKA Foundation PITTSFIELD, MA (WAMC) – Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, is one of the poorest nations in the world. For the past five years, the BARKA Foundation, a Berkshire County-based NGO, has been working to bring students and residents in [...]
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Glen Niemy Runs Maine Marathon for BARKA
Comments Off Sep 8, 2011September 8, 2011, The Bridgton News: Runner Looks to Make Difference… Like many people, Glen Niemy rarely gave much thought about how fortunate he is to have clean running water and a reliable sanitation system. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE. “It’s a luxury we all take for granted,” the Bridgton resident said. His outlook changed [...]
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World Water Day- Reflections on the Day After
0 comments Mar 23, 2011I woke up on World Water Day, made a cup of coffee (I would learn later in the day from Huffington Post that it takes 37 gallons of water to make a cup of coffee) and immediately got to work on a newsletter for BARKA Foundation’s 2000 water activist subscribers… In the email blast we [...]
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Walking for Water for Burkina Faso
Comments Off Feb 14, 2011BARKA’s Walks for Water bring the rain! Don’t believe us? Watch the video… The BARKA Foundation held its 1st Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk in 2009– a 500-mile journey through 20-cities-in-20-days to raise awareness and funds for clean water for the people of Burkina Faso, West Africa. On Peace Day BARKA held a walk for [...]
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The Passing of an African Queen
Comments Off Feb 13, 2011Eeyah is our African grandmother in Burkina Faso, who lived to be over 100 years old. Before she passed, BARKA co-founder Ina had the honor and opportunity to sit down with Eeyah and talk through two translators. She had never agreed to a video interview before this. “Eeyah” is the Gour’mache word for grandmother. Eeyah [...]
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A Day in the Life of a BARKA Co-Founder
0 comments Feb 8, 2011February 7th, 2011 I got to work this morning at 9:30am after briefly chiseling the ice out of a large hole we keep open in the frozen lake in front of our cabin where we fill our water buckets and wash our faces while we say our morning prayers (not knowing it was going to [...]
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Ina’s Grandchild On the Way
Comments Off Feb 3, 2011Good morning all and all! And a beautiful one indeed here at BARKA headquarters, deep in the outback of Maine. It is crisp and clear, and absolutely brilliant!!! We got a nice thick blanket of snow yesterday, the squirrels are hardly visible as they have taken to tunneling under the snow to get to the [...]
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