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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- Feb 13
The Health Center is flourishing!
Nadia, new nurse in Health Center The Sandia Millogo Health and Social Promotion Center has been opened for almost two months now and it...
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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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- Dec 22, 2022
Healthy baby girl!
The new Sandia Millogo Health and Social Promotion Center in Konkourona, named after the mother of KAFO's President, Dr. Jules Millogo,...
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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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- Aug 27, 2022
Medical equipment arrives!
Newlyweds, Irène Millogo and Benjamin Adabrah (Ben), worked tirelessly to clear administrative hurdles preventing release of a shipment...
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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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- Jun 10, 2022
Health center is approved!
We are thrilled to announce that the Minister of Health has just approved the new health center we helped build in Konkourona!!! ...
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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 22, 2022
Shipment was sent!
I had the great fortune to work with many people from Project c.u.r.e. over the past 10 months to prepare for shipment of medical...
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- Jan 2, 2022
Health center almost finished!
Hundreds of hard working people gathered to clean the grounds around their brand new maternal and child center, primary care center,...
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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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- Aug 30, 2021
Village Leaders Travel to Mali
Victorien Millogo, KAFO's Field Program Director and Mami Siara N'a's Vice President (in blue), traveled to Mpakasso, Mali with Moussa...
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- Jul 17, 2021
Health Access is on the Horizon
Everyday, great progress is made on the construction of the health center in Konkourona. As the team in Konkourona continues to work...
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