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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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Indigenous Peoples Rights and Sustainable Development
0 comments Jul 6, 2011There are an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples in the world in over 90 countries. The lands that indigenous communities live on and the resources that surround them are central to their faith, way of life, and cultural, spiritual, ancestral and intellectual traditions. As developing countries work to augment their economic growth and corporations continue [...]
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The Youth Factor in International Development
0 comments Jun 21, 2011How do youth get involved? How do NGOs and governments engage youth? How can youth realize the power that they have? These are some questions that are becoming more and more necessary and useful to explore, especially at a time when we all must commit to address climate change, sustainable development and barriers to peace. [...]
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World Water Day 2011
0 comments Mar 23, 2011water water everywhere and we don’t take time to think about the people around this earth that don’t have water to drink…… this little tune has been spinning around in my head all day. it has snowed most of this day, world water day. we are still able to get to the hole in the [...]
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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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Ina- 8 February
Comments Off Feb 9, 2011greetings to all and all we hope that you and your families are well. it has been a few days since i have parked myself in front of this screen to speak to the world via cyber space, and i always wonder who is listening! everyone seems to be moving with hyper-speed these days! it [...]
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