13 hours agoPreparing 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....
Apr 10Big 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...
Mar 5Progress continues!A delegation from Burkina Faso's Ministry of Health visited Konkourona in February and met with village leaders (below) to discuss the...
Mar 5Message from PresidentYou may have seen news about the President of Burkina Faso being overthrown by the military. Many of you have contacted KAFO to ask...
Jan 2Happy Thanksgiving!Family and friends from Merck & Co., Inc., the Souderton-Telford Rotary Club, and Care and Share Thrift Shoppes came together this week...
Sep 30, 2021Back to school!School typically starts in October in Burkina Faso, but sixth grade students and their teacher started one month early this year, with...
Jul 17, 2021Students 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...
Dec 3, 2020Gift of TransportationWhen the founders of KAFO sat down to discuss Edmond’s first year of university, they considered the challenges this year may present....
Oct 27, 2020Laptops 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...
Oct 21, 2020Teachers' 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...
Oct 20, 2020Help 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,...
Oct 14, 2020Students 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...
Sep 5, 2020Congratulations 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....
Aug 28, 2020More students make progress!Agnés, Marie, Antoine, and Daniel stand inside the dormitory compound in Bobo-Dioulasso. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to major...
Aug 20, 2020Thank you for believing!Here at KAFO, it is a part of our mission to help every child become great through power of education. Because of our supporters, we are...
Aug 13, 2020New classrooms are finished!A priest, a teacher, and an elder walk onto campus. This is not the beginning of a joke, it is the inauguration of the new classrooms at ...
Aug 10, 2020Students make history on exams!The development in progress on the primary school campus has invigorated the people in Konkourona. In a village with so many families,...
Jul 19, 2020Walls Rise with Hard WorkAs another week passes, more progress is made. The current project to construct teachers' housing is progressing ahead of schedule. The...
Jul 11, 2020Blueprints Turn to BuildingsAs the walls go up for new houses for teachers, the team in Konkourona shares new pictures and updates. It’s amazing to see how the work...
Jul 5, 2020Construction of Housing for Teachers ContinuesThe teachers in Konkourona come from other villages which are too far to travel to and from every day, and the only housing available is...
Jul 2, 2020Building Housing for TeachersConstruction of housing for teachers is now underway! Supplies have arrived in the village and bricks are being laid! Support of the...
Jun 30, 2020New Classrooms are FinishedOfficials decided to end classes for Grades 1-5 for the summer as a result of COVID-19, but students in Grade 6 are studying hard for the...
May 5, 2020School Starts SoonConstruction of three new classrooms and an office for the principal and teachers is almost finished. In the past month, the walls have...
Apr 3, 2020Construction Continues through PandemicConstruction continues in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hoped that the remote location of Konkourona and restrictions on...