Burkina Faso
Edify began operations in Burkina Faso in 2013.
The Need
48% of primary school-aged children are out of school
It’s estimated 72% of young adults have not completed primary schooling. About 1% have achieved a post-secondary degree.
Burkina Faso ranks in the lowest percentiles for literacy compared to other low- to middle-income countries.
Continued armed conflict and displacement exhaust the education system and others like healthcare and food security.
“What makes transformation possible here is the commitment to Christ and their students.”
Claudia Sawadogo, Impact Assessment Officer
Impact in Burkina Faso
Recent stories
Flourishing Classrooms
Since 2009, Edify has carried an audacious hope: that Christ-centered education could transform not just students, but entire nations. What began with a single partnership has grown across continents, reaching Burkina Faso in 2013, where that same vision continues to…
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The Spark That Caught Fire
If you had asked Wendwaoga as a child what he wanted to be, he might have told you something practical — something that fit within social expectations. A teacher, perhaps. Maybe a shop owner. Something steady, something that would provide.…
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