Provide Clean Water
$25

Provide Higher Education
$35

Renovate Existing Classroom
$50
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Help Construct a Pavilion
$60

Help Construct a Library
$75

Help Construct a Latrine
$80

Help Construct Lodging for Teachers
$120

Help Construct a Health Post
$150

Help Construct a New Classroom
$200

Your Dollars at Work


Zezouma Eric
Eric is a hardworking, bright student in 9th grade who enjoys playing sports and listening to music in his spare time. He would like to become a school director. Eric helps his parents on the family farm during breaks from school.
Grade
9
Playing sports, music
Hobbies
Career Goals
Director
Bio

Agnès
Agnès is a determined and hardworking girl. She is in 6th grade and would like to become a French teacher. She likes dancing in her spare time. Agnès lives with her parents and sisters in Bobo-Dioulasso, who are caring for children from Konkourona who need access to high school and technical schools. The primary source of revenue for the family is what her father earns from his job as a security guard.
Grade
6
Dancing
Hobbies
Career Goals
French teacher
Bio

Marie
Marie is a very ambitious and hardworking girl. She is in 11th grade and is eager to become a doctor. She likes reading in her spare time. Marie lives with her parents and sisters in Bobo-Dioulasso, who are caring for children from Konkourona who need access to high school and technical schools. The primary source of revenue for the family is what her father earns from his job as a security guard.
Grade
11
Reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Delphine
Delphine is a very ambitious and courageous student. She is in 6th grade and would like to become a doctor. She likes reading and cooking in her spare time. Delphine lives with her parents in Konkourona. Farming is the family’s only source of income.
Grade
9
Music, reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Gaston
Gaston is a hardworking and disciplined student. He likes playing soccer and going to the cinema. He also helps his father to repair bicycles. Gaston would like to become a nurse. He lives with his parents in Bobo-Dioulasso. His father is a mechanic and his mother is a housewife. Their only source of revenue comes from what his father get from repairing bicycles, which is not enough to meet even the primary needs of the family.
Grade
10
Soccer, cinema
Hobbies
Career Goals
Nurse
Bio

Florentine
Florentine is a hardworking, bright and courageous student. She is currently in 10th grade and bikes for several miles each day to attend middle school. She is very passionate about becoming a doctor. She lives with her parents in Konkourona and helps on the family farm during breaks from school. Florentine likes reading and cooking in her spare time. Farming is the family’s only source of income.
Grade
10
Reading, cooking
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Nicolas
Nicolas is quick-witted and patient. Currently in 9th grade, his ambition is to become a high school teacher. He lives in Konkourona and bikes for several miles each day to attend middle school and likes reading and playing sports in his free time. During breaks from school, Nicolas works on the family farm with his parents. Farming is
the family’s only source of income.
Grade
9
Playing sports, reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Pierre
Pierre is very intelligent and hardworking. Currently in 9th grade, he bikes for several miles each day to attend middle school and would like to become a high school teacher. He likes reading and playing soccer. Pierre lives in Konkourona with his parents and spends his breaks from school helping his parents on the farm. Farming is the
family’s only source of income.
Grade
9
Playing soccer, reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Soungalo
Soungalo is a very ambitious, bright and hardworking student. Currently in 6th grade, he would like to become a doctor. He likes playing soccer and reading. During breaks from school, Soungalo helps his parents on the family farm. Farming is the family’s only
source of income.
Grade
6
Playing soccer, reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Jacqueline
Jacqueline is in 7th grade and bikes several miles on a dirt road each day to attend middle school. She is a hardworking student and would like to become a teacher. She enjoys helping her mother in the kitchen and also likes reading. Jacqueline spends her school breaks working on the family farm. Farming is the family’s only
source of income.
Grade
7
Reading, cooking
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Raïssa
Raïssa is a hardworking and dynamic student. She is currently in 6th grade and would like to become a teacher. She is very passionate about that. She likes reading and helps her parent on the farm if she doesn’t have class. Farming is the family’s only source of income.
Grade
6
Reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Marie
Marie is a bright, quick-witted and hardworking student, currently in 6th grade. She enjoys reading and would like to become a doctor. Farming is the family’s only source of income.
Grade
6
Reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Adeline
Adeline is bright and straight-forward. She is in 9th grade and bikes several miles on a dirt road each day to attend middle school. She likes reading and cooking. When she doesn’t have class, she goes to the farm with her parents. Their only source of revenue is what they get from the farm.
Grade
9
Reading, cooking
Hobbies
Career Goals
Supervisor
Bio

Sara Halondo
Sara is in 8th grade. She is very courageous and would like to become a police officer. During her free time, she enjoys reading and cooking. She lives with her parents in Konkourona and bikes several miles each day to attend middle school. During holidays, she helps her parents on the family farm. Farming is her family’s only source of income.
Grade
8
Reading, cooking
Hobbies
Career Goals
Police officer
Bio

Blandine
Blandine is currently in 8th grade and is strong and observant. Her goal is to become a school supervisor. She likes reading and also enjoys helping her mother to cook. Blandine bikes several miles on a dirt road each day to attend middle school. Farming is her family’s only source of income.
Grade
8
Reading, cooking
Hobbies
Career Goals
Supervisor
Bio

Wenceslas
Wenceslas is a hardworking and dynamic student. He is in 6th grade and likes playing soccer in his spare time. Wenceslas lives with his parents in Konkourona. Farming is their only source of income.
Grade
6
Playing soccer
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Mariam
Mariam is very courageous. She is in 5th grade and would like to become a primary school teacher. Her mother is ill, so she lives with her mother’s sister. Mariam is hardworking and enjoys helping her aunt in the kitchen and working on the family farm when she is not in class. Farming is the family’s only source of
revenue.
Grade
5
Cooking, reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Teacher
Bio

Martine
Martine is currently in 5th grade. She is very ambitious and would like to become a medical doctor. She likes reading. Martine’s family lives in Konkourona, and helps her parents on the family farm when she is not in school. Farming is the family’s only source of revenue.
Grade
5
Reading
Hobbies
Career Goals
Doctor
Bio

Romuald
Romuald is very lively and outgoing. He would like to become a secondary school teacher in Physics and Chemistry. During his free time, he likes reading and playing sports. Romuald’s father is no longer living. He helps his mother on the family farm during breaks from school. Farming is the family’s only source of revenue.
Grade
11
Reading, playing sports
Hobbies
Career Goals
Secondary school teacher
Bio

Antoine
Antoine is very courageous and would like to become a marketing officer. His father is a mechanic and his mother is a housewife. Antoine likes helping his father as a mechanic repairing bicycles. The money from his father’s work as a mechanic is the only source of revenue for the family.
Grade
8
Assist his father in his mechanic work
Hobbies
Career Goals
Marketing
Bio

Alexandre
Alexandre is a hardworking and diligent student. Currently in 11th grade, he would like to become an engineer. His father is a mechanic and his mother is a housewife. Alexandre used to help his father after coming home from school. The money from his father’s work as a mechanic is the only source of revenue for the family.
Grade
11
Playing sports
Hobbies
Career Goals
Engineer
Bio

Dessoun Guillaume
Guillaume is dynamic and self-disciplined. Currently in 11th grade, he would like to work in in distribution and logistics. His likes playing sports in his free time. Guillaume lives in Bobo Dioulasso, the closest major city to Konkourona. During school breaks, he goes back to the village to help his mother on the farm.
Grade
11
Playing sports
Hobbies
Career Goals
Logistic/transport
Bio
Your monthly contribution of $40 will enable the child you sponsor to meet his or her basic needs by supporting:
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Tuition
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Books
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School supplies
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Uniforms or clothes
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Transportation to school (primarily bikes)
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Meals
Thanks to your support, students will be empowered to earn higher education and contribute to their communities in new ways. They will have many more opportunities to make a living than their parents had and will escape extreme poverty.