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Burkina faso is located in Africa.

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Read about how Ryan's Well Foundation is helping the people of Burkina Faso!

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One of our first stops in Burkina Faso is at the Mogtedo V6 Primary School where we were able to construct a standard deep borehole well. For those of you who do not speak "well", a deep borehole well is a vertical pipe with a well screen that prevents surface contaminants from entering the borehole, protecting the pump from drawing in sand and sediment. Pretty cool, right?

Upon entering the village, we were welcomed by a celebration thrown by the local community and school. Such a surprise! Students attending the school and elders from the villages gave words of thanks. A particular student who stood out to me was a boy named Patrick. A nervous sixth grader, Patrick gave a speech about how important water was to his community and gave a pledge on behalf of all the students to take care of the well. Being a shy guy myself, I sympathized with Patrick and if anything, saw a lot of myself in him. It's always great having youth engage in our projects so Patrick, if you're reading this keep up the great work!

After the speeches, I was given a local customary shirt and hat as part of the official proceedings of the ceremony. The only problem was that a big framed guy like me rarely fits into regular clothing, so while I struggled to squeeze into the shirt I was gifted with, the locals were treated to quite an entertaining show! Once the laughter had died down, an elder of the village named Mouriama stepped forward. Having been the one to donate the land upon which the well was built, he began to tell me the meaning behind the traditional clothes I was now wearing. By accepting this clothing, I was now a part of their community and had accepted everlasting friendship. Touched, I told him that in the future, whenever I wear these clothes I will always be reminded of my family in this village.

Honestly, it is days like today that are the most rewarding. Seeing the direct impact that our work at Ryan's Well has on a community...there's really nothing else like it.

Talk Soon,

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Burkina Faso: Day One - Ryan's Well Foundation

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One of our first stops in Burkina Faso is at the Mogtedo V6 Primary School where we were able to construct a standard deep borehole well. For those of you who do not speak "well", a deep borehole well is a vertical pipe with a well screen that prevents surface contaminants from entering the borehole, protecting the pump from drawing in sand and sediment.

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our work in Burkina Faso began in  the summer 2004.Currently, more than 50,390 children participate in more than 190 child development centers.

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Burkina faso has 16.93million people

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this is a Burkina Faso house

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In the south of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a small, circular village of about 1.2 hectares, called Tiébélé. This is home of the Kassena people, one of the oldest ethnic groups that had settled in the territory of Burkina Faso in the 15th century. Tiébélé is known for their amazing traditional Gourounsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls of their homes.

Burkina Faso is a poor country, even by West African standards, and possibly the poorest in the world. But they are culturally rich, and decorating the walls of their buildings is an important part of their cultural legacy in this area of the country. Wall decorating is always a community project done by the women and it's a very ancient practice that dates from the sixteenth century AD.

The Kassena people build their houses entirely of local materials: earth, wood and straw. Soil mixed with straw and cow dung is moistened to a state of perfect plasticity, to shape almost vertical surfaces. Today this technique is replaced by the use of mud brick molding walls with foundations resting on large stone. Tiébélé's houses are built with defense in mind, whether that be against the climate or potential enemies. Walls are over a foot thick and the homes are designed without windows except for a small opening or two to let just enough light in to see. Front doors are only about two feet tall, which keeps the sun out and makes enemies difficult to strike. Roofs are protected with wood ladders that are easily retracted and the local beer (dolo) is brewed at home.

After construction, the woman makes murals on the walls using colored mud and white chalk. The motifs and symbols are either taken from everyday life, or from religion and belief. The finished wall is then carefully burnished with stones, each color burnished separately so that the colors don't blur together. Finally, the entire surface is coated with a natural varnish made by boiling pods of néré, the African locust bean tree.

The designs also serves to protect the walls themselves. The decorating is usually done just before the rainy season and protects the outside walls from the rain. Adding cow dung, compacting layers of mud, burnishing the final layer, and varnishing with néré all make the designs withstand wet weather, enabling the structures to last longer.

Sources: Handeye Magazine, sworthy10, Unesco, MessyNessyChic. Photos by Rita Willaer

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Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso

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In the south of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a small, circular village of about 1.2 hectares, called Tiébélé. This is home of the Kassena people, one of the oldest ethnic groups that had settled in the territory of Burkina Faso in the 15th century.

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this is a well in Burkina Faso

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When Dennis Hida first felt called to help out in Africa he asked what was most needed. When he was told about the shortage of drinking water in Western Africa he began coming up with ways to fund, build and provide wells to Burkina Faso in Western Africa.

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Burkina sivilins eat raw fish

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Raw fish stock photo. Image of restaurant, nutritive, cook - 4281768

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Photo about Raw fish isolated on white background. Image of restaurant, nutritive, cook - 4281768

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They live in a nice wooden cool house that is

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most people in burkina faso are poor and most can't get clean water.Burkina faso is one of the poorest country in the world.

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animals:giraffe,crocodile,snake,goat,cariboo,elephent,

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Burkina faso flag colour of flag:red/green/star in middle

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Burkina faso is close to Nigeria

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This is a picture of a lion.
Burkina Faso is in Africa.
It is close to Nigeria

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Burkina Faso foods sorghum,millet,rice,fomio,maize,
peanuts,potatoes,beans,yams and okra.

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they eat grass and fish

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Burkina faso food sorghum millet rice fomio maize peanuts potatoes beans yams okra.Capatal of burkina faso is ouagadougou. What is the Weather in brakina faso is 35 degres  outside. They don't have acses to cleen  water.

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The Burkina Faso sports are biking,soccer,basketball.

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They eat worms insects fish.
They speck French and

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Burkina Faso city.They travel in cars and bikes.

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The Burkina Faso flag is red,green and has a yellow star on it.

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Burkina Faso schools.

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This is the Burkina Faso map.🌎

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tree tinagers explane there life and their dreams.

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Getting children out of mines in Burkina Faso | UNICEF

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Food:sorghum,millet,rice,fomio,           Maize,peanuts potatoes,beans,yams,okra .

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Burkina Faso people eat raw fish and warms.

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The most spoken languages are Jula and French.They eat some fish, sumbala, salt and potassium and caterpillers.  Catrellipillers are exensive to buy.

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Some people eat caterpillars and butterflies and bugs.
The ground looks like Mars and grass.
Babies go on their moms backs.
The flag is red yellow and green.  It has a star in the middle.

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Population:13,925,000.
Capital:Ouagadougou:821,000.
Area: 274,200 . Square kilometres (105,869 Square miles).
Language: French,native African languages.
Muslim indigenous beliefs,Christian.
Children's rights there are  extremely serious.
Food:millet, rice, maize, nuts, potatoes, yams, chicken  dish, yoghurt, grilled chicken, soured milk.

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They can play with rocks and some of them have shirts and a little bit of grass they have broken homes. Some are made out of hay  they go hunting some times some people die but Canadians or lucky  they have clean water to drink and Africa's

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Water  aid burkina faso

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Featuring stories from Burkina Faso, this film gives a brief overview of WaterAid's work to help marginalized communities gain access to safe water supplies using low-cost, sustainable technologies such as rope pumps.

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1.People don't have acces to clean water, they have dirty water.        2.They don't take care of there country.                                                   3.They need to walk for a long time maybe 2-4 km.                                       4.They eat worms.                                 5.There 1 billion people who don't have clean water.                                  6.The colour of Burkina Faso's flag is red,green and yellow.                           7.It's hard to collect the water from the well.                                                   8.It's really hard to carry the bowl.

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Location of Burkina Faso (dark blue). - in Africa - in the African Union (light blue) - [Legend]. Capital and largest city, Ouagadougou · 12°20′N 1°40′W﻿ / ﻿12.333° N 1.667°W﻿ / 12.333; -1.667. Official languages, French. Recognised national languages, Mòoré · Bissa · Dioula · Ethnic groups (1995). 47.9% Mossi; 10.3% ...

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The BURKINA Faso flag is green ,red and a yellow star on top. The animals they have in Burkina Faso are crocodiles and horses. 16.93 million people live in Burkina Faso. They eat yam and rice in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso`s birthday is August,4 and Burkina Faso is 50th  birthday.

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Burkina Faso is a very special country's.The country's capetel is Ouagadougon.One of the animals is
a krokadile.

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They have access to clean water. They carry a bucked that is felled with water and they need to carry it for along time.

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When Dennis Hida first felt called to help out in Africa he asked what was most needed. When he was told about the shortage of drinking water in Western Africa he began coming up with ways to fund, build and provide wells to Burkina Faso in Western Africa.

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Great video about water in Burkina Faso

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Water supply and sanitation in Burkina Faso Top # 11 Facts

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Water supply and sanitation in Burkina Faso Top # 11 Facts

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Solders in Burkina Faso,walking out of a building.

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food:Raw fish and worms rice
They ride horses.
Skin colour:brown
Sport:soccer