We started helping and supplying humanitarian aid in Burkina several years ago when another org could not continue doing school sponsorships. We just finished things up that first year and then took over the last 2 years. We developed a wonderful relationship with Biba Foadey, our African director. It had always been her dream to help her people. We were blessed to be able to financially come behind her. Last year, due to many generous sponsors, 47 children were sponsored to go to school, over 50 bags of rice were bought and distributed and 15 bikes were provided for the children to ride to school. Not only that, Biba shared with each receiving family the love of Jesus and how we provides for the ones he loves.
UAHH and Biba had the same vision, to help the children of Burkina by opening an orphanage. Our long term goals are to buy land and build a bigger home to house more orphans. To open a school, to open a medical center and a mission outreach center to help teach woman to read and write, to provide a feeding program, to provide information to pregnant and new moms, I think the list can go on and on.
As God provides, we will build!
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MINISTRY NOTE:
Jan,2008: The picture above is our new orphanage, Fields of Grace, in Burkina Faso Africa. Our African director, Biba, not only acquired a brand new house for us, she even had them rebuild a couple of rooms to meet our specifications. (We are waiting on them to landscape it.) As of Jan 15 we have wired money to Africa to start buying the furnishings. We hope to start out with around 7 kids and slowly build to around 15 or whatever we feel the house will hold. Once social services inspect our home (scheduled for Jan 21) they will issue our license to be an approved NGO in Burkina. We hope to have children in the house within the next 2 weeks. We will be adding pictures here as things start to take shape. We are still needing monthly sponsors, please see our how you can help link for more info! We also have a couple of young ladies who will be going over this summer to help out. Thanks for checking in, we will be updating several times a week as we take off on this big adventure stepping out in faith to give hope to the children on Burkina. At this time I would like to thank some people who have been faithful and instrumental in getting this done. First Heather, a wonderful friend and mom to 11 children, who has spent hours raising funds and planning fundraisers. Do you ever sleep? To Sarah, you are the queen and such a great friend. Thanks for all the logos and never complaining as we ask for changes. To Fami, who is always a constant support and who is the brain behind the operation. Whatever task I ask she fulfills it beyond my expectations. To all the incredible people who have prayed and donated to the orphanage, who understand and feel the passion in helping children who have nothing, THANK YOU!! And to Biba and her team in Africa, what a woman of God who does the work of 20 people with no pay and no car and who has made me long for a closer walk with God. My life is richer because of all of you!
Ann