We are building a vaccination facility!
The United Nations estimates that the average life expectancy in Burkina Faso is just over 60 years, which is well below the highest life...
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- Sep 3
Health Center capacity is growing!
Approximately 1.5 million people lose their lives to vaccine-preventable diseases every year, making vaccines one of the most...
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- Jun 24
We have a new record!
Two weeks ago, 50 students travelled from Konkourona to a neighboring village in the back of the KAFO/MSN tricycle trailer to take the...
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- May 7
Look at them go!
Mothers mobilize to fill in the foundation for the middle school floor with sand, bucket by bucket. Once it is mostly filled, cement will...
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- Apr 9
Let the games begin!
Cards and games were purchased for the Konkourona library this week at the request of the Library Manager, Issaka Ramde. Children filled...
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- Jan 4
Happy New Year!
Larissa, thriving middle school student There is so much to celebrate at KAFO as we begin a new year. We have big plans for 2023, but...
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- Nov 24, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!
I received a picture of the weekend hours at the community library in Konkourona early this morning (below) and I have been thinking...
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- Oct 9, 2022
People of Konkourona
Burkinabe photographer, Warren Saré, visited Konkourona in September to document the progress being made as a result of development...
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- Sep 16, 2022
Hope spreads in Konkourona!
KAFO President, Dr. Jules Millogo, traveled to Konkourona for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began to meet with leaders of...
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- Jul 3, 2022
Student success continues!
Students climbed into our KAFO/MSN construction vehicle to be transported by KAFO Program Director, Victorien Millogo, to another village...
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- May 22, 2022
Preparing for rain!
Digging has begun in Konkourona to prepare for the trees to be planted for reforestation in the rainy season from June to September....
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- Apr 10, 2022
Big plans for 2022!
The medical equipment and supplies for the new health center in Konkourona made it to the port in Accra, Ghana 4 weeks ago, from West...
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- Mar 5, 2022
Progress continues!
A delegation from Burkina Faso's Ministry of Health visited Konkourona in February and met with village leaders (below) to discuss the...
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- Mar 5, 2022
Message from President
You may have seen news about the President of Burkina Faso being overthrown by the military. Many of you have contacted KAFO to ask...
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- Jan 2, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!
Family and friends from Merck & Co., Inc., the Souderton-Telford Rotary Club, and Care and Share Thrift Shoppes came together this week...
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- Sep 30, 2021
Back to school!
School typically starts in October in Burkina Faso, but sixth grade students and their teacher started one month early this year, with...
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- Jul 17, 2021
Students in Konkourona are Thriving!
Congratulations to the Konkourona Primary School Graduating Class of 2021! History was made again this year when 33 students passed the...
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- Dec 3, 2020
Gift of Transportation
When the founders of KAFO sat down to discuss Edmond’s first year of university, they considered the challenges this year may present....
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- Oct 27, 2020
Laptops have arrived!
Hey everyone! I’m writing with some very exciting news! All 6 teachers and the school director now have laptops! Seven laptops, 3 TV wall...
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- Oct 20, 2020
Teachers' housing is complete!
The keys were handed over to the six teachers and the school director who moved to Konkourona for the new school year. When classes...
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- Oct 20, 2020
Help KAFO with AmazonSmile!
Have you been doing more shopping from home? Have you have started to think about holiday shopping? With the giving season approaching,...
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- Oct 14, 2020
Students and teachers are celebrating!
After weeks of work by contractors and volunteers, the teachers' housing is complete! Four new buildings stand on the school campus, and...
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- Sep 5, 2020
Congratulations to Edmond!
As early as the 1980's, KAFO President, Dr. Jules Millogo had been using his own money to support health and education in his village....
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- Aug 28, 2020
More students make progress!
Agnés, Marie, Antoine, and Daniel stand inside the dormitory compound in Bobo-Dioulasso. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to major...
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