Hygiene Education through Social Arts
Hygiene Education through Social Arts With the Social Arts Program, BARKA and its financing partner One Drop (http://www.onedrop.org/) are bringing professional theatre for social messaging to Burkina Faso’s Eastern Region. The two organizations share the conviction...
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS The Fada WASH Project: 2014-2015 This integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project addresses the dire need for clean water and improved sanitation in 5 rural villages in...
About BARKA
[:en]French version of this page available at http://barkafoundation.org/fr/about-barka/ The French version of this brochure is also available. About The BARKA Foundation BARKA is a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization registered in the US and Burkina Faso....
A propos de BARKA
À propos de La Fondation BARKA. BARKA est une organisation caritative à but non- lucratif enregistrée aux Etats-Unis et au Burkina Faso. La fondation est affiliée au département de l’information des Nations Unies et a un statut consultatif auprès de l’ECOSOC (la...
Revelations about the Army’s Assault on Naaba Koom II
The BARKA Foundation has received first-hand information from a soldier who was in Naaba Koom at the time of the assault against the last die-hards of the RSP who refused to drop their weapons. He informed a BARKA staffer that just before the soldiers advanced, they...
The People’s Army Returns Home- Video
This blog series would not be complete without the inclusion of its final dramatic chapter. Burkina Faso has been quiet today (Sept 30) and yesterday, like old times, before the disturbance of the coup. But everyone was waiting for news which came trickling...
It Ain’t Over Yet
After a few days of life returning to some semblance of normal here in Burkina Faso, the country once again is holding its breath as two factions of the army are set to square off against each other. At the time of this writing, the National Army, loyal to the...
The Coup is Over. Let’s Stop Talking About It.
Burkina Faso took one step closer to normal today. The nation breathed a sigh of relief when Michel Kafando was reinstated as President this morning, along with Isaac Zida as Prime Minister. Presidents from Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana and Senegal arrived this morning...
ECOWAS Decision
At about 7pm here in Burkina, the nation received the word everyone’s been waiting for- the decision of ECOWAS. RSP must lay down their arms. General Diendere must cede power back to the transition govrrnment. Michel Kafando will be symbolically sworn back in as...
The Plot Thickens
The 10am ultimatum was defied by the Presidential Guard. The situation in Ouagadougou is tense and fluid. The nation’s loyalist army has taken control of the streets and told citizens to return to their homes. Right now, the streets ouf Ouaga are deserted. The army...
Links
Good overviews of recent events: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34321961 http://allafrica.com/stories/201509220499.html Two very thorough blog posts which go into more of the background and socio-political context leading up to the coup:...
PM Zida freed, Loyalist Army Gives Ultimatum to RSP
The evening was relatively calm. No further gunshots were reported in Ouaga, the national army, loyal to the civilian-led transition government, has surrounded Ouagadougou and given an ultimatum to the Presidential Guard (RSP) to lay down their arms by 10am. It is...