by Austin Davis | Dec 17, 2021 | Burkina Faso, Farms, Global Projects
WeSonder for Food Security In the community of Komsnedego in Burkina Faso, the fight against climate change is real. Each year the rainy season seems more and more unpredictable, and for a community that relies on rain–fed agriculture to survive, this is concerning....
by 360design | Mar 30, 2020 | Burkina Faso, Global Projects, Sonder Update
Four Truths – A Message from our CEO about COVID-19 Dear Sonder Supporters, As the world continues to mobilize to fight the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are reminded of four truths. The first three are simple: 1) access to clean water and soap make us...
by 360design | Aug 20, 2019 | Burkina Faso, Sonder Update, Water Wells
For 50-year-old Nikiema Asseto, life certainly has changed over the past year. Nikiema is from Mor-Pougo, a small community in the West African country of Burkina Faso, where she lives with 50 or so relatives within a family compound. Of course it’s hard to count when...
by The Sonder Project | May 3, 2019 | Burkina Faso, Global Projects, Sonder Update, Water Wells
On any given day in the village of Loanga, Burkina Faso, you’ll find locals surrounding a well. By way of a simple hand pump, it draws clean drinking water from an underground aquifer for this village of 3,000 and represents one of the few examples of infrastructure...
by The Sonder Project | Mar 22, 2019 | Burkina Faso, Farms, Global Projects
Photography: Tara Rice Koudyoba’s story is sadly not unique, but it highlights the impact of The Sonder Project. Koudyoba is a widow. She never went to school and was married at the age of 17 in an arranged marriage. 4 years ago her husband got sick and died....
by The Sonder Project | Mar 14, 2019 | Burkina Faso, Farms, Global Projects
Rouamba Odile is a fighter. She was born in the 1960’s in Burkina Faso, but she’s not sure exactly when. She never went to school and she isn’t able to read/write. Her father tried to arrange her marriage at the age of 17, but she ran away to her sisters...
