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In brief
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Welcome to Paper for AllOur aim is to support education to enable development Paper for All is a registered charity (Reg. no. 1116888) that aims to promote knowledge leading to development. Paper for All focuses on providing academic resources to children in Burkina Faso, Africa by collecting funds in the UK, France and the US.
Our actions are focused on improving shocking learning conditions At Paper for All, we strongly believe that education is one of the first steps leading to awareness and development. This is why we targeted Burkina Faso, which is one of the most illiterate countries in the world, with a literacy rate of 21.8% [1]. But how can children acquire knowledge if they do not even have paper to write on? It is simply shocking to see some children walk hours to come to class, then write in the margins of the notebooks already used by their brothers and sisters...
By empowering the next generation, Paper for All aims at enabling development in a sustainable way Paper for All therefore exists to answer a clear need: to give the children in Burkina Faso the same learning conditions as other children in the world. Doing this, Paper for all helps disadvantaged countries help themselves. Overall, by providing academic resources to needy children in Burkina Faso, we help them write, learn and build their knowledge and awareness of the world. Ultimately we enable them to contribute to the development of their own country.
Photo from one of our actions (October 2006). For more details please visit our 'Latest actions' section. Because tomorrow is too late...
The situation can improve if the learning conditions are enhanced The situation in some developing countries, such as Burkina Faso, simply cannot improve if proper working conditions do not exist. Knowledge is indeed a key enabler leading to development and by helping disadvantaged children to learn, we ultimately enable them to contribute to the development of their own country.
Our focus is on Burkina Faso and academic resources such as paper to maximize our impact Paper for All is focused on one country, Burkina Faso (one of the most illiterate countries in the world with a literacy rate of 21.8% [1]), one town, Ouagadougou, and two elementary schools (about 1,000 children). Although we would like to extend our scope of activities in the future to distribute academic resources in more developing countries, we preferred focusing on this specific elementary school to maximize our impact. We have also chosen to focus on paper as our number 1 priority as it is shocking to see the children so willing to learn and reusing the notebooks used by their brothers and sisters in the years before (please note that most of the notebooks distributed in Burkina Faso come from recycled paper as it is cheaper). We however also try to help with other academic resources such as chalks and books when our team in Burkina Faso reports a strong need (please visit our Latest actions section for more information).
So let's support education to enable development! We are very glad to have you as our visitor as this is a crucial time and we need your energy and support more than ever to assist the children in Burkina Faso. Here is where you can find the information you might be looking for:
1) Paper for All Actions - To see pictures of our actions in Burkina Faso, as well as bills, letters from the school directors and pupils, please visit the Latest actions section. 2) Charity Organisation and situation in Burkina Faso - For an overview of the situation in Burkina Faso (2-page overview), please visit the Situation section. - For a brief presentation of how the charity was born and how it is organized, please visit the Who we are and Contact us sections. - To access the charity presentation documents (leaflet, one-page overview document, newsletter, etc.), please visit the What we do section. You can also have a look at the geographical scope of our activities by clicking on our Map of operations. 3) Teaching in Burkina Faso - If you would like to know how you can discover Burkina Faso by yourself and teach there for a month, please visit our What we do section and our volunteering section. 4) Helping the children in Burkina Faso - If you would like to support us or partner with us, please visit our How you can help and Partners section 5) Staying connected - Finally, we would be happy to keep you updated about our actions. Please visit the Contact us section if you wish to be added to our mailing list, or if you want more information about the core Paper for All team and Knights scheme.
We thank you for your visit, Together, we can grow the seed into a tree sheltering the next generation.
[1] Sources: United Nations Development Program, 2006 Human Development Report, http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/ Unicef, Burkina Faso at a glance, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/burkinafaso_statistics.html Please visit 'The Situation' section for more information. |
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Recent News
*07/08: Our July action has taken place. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
*04/08: Our April action has taken place and the two schools were targeted. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
* 01/08: 11/07: Our January action has taken place and a second school was targeted. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
* 01/08: Our French entity was just created. Please check again soon in the Contact section for more details.
* 11/07: Our October action has taken place. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
* 10/07: Our next action is under way and should occur at the end of Oct. beginning of Nov.
* 09/07: Opportunities for further development will be explored in November through school visits in Burkina Faso.
* 08/07: Our next action is scheduled for October 2007.
* 07/07: Our June action has taken place. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
* 06/07: A volunteering opportunity and Burkina Faso requirements documents are now available in the How you can help section. These files are for you if you would be interested in teaching in Burkina Faso.
* 05/07: Feedback letters from the pupils are now available with the actions in the Latest Actions section.
* 04/07: Our April action has taken place. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
* 03/07: Our latest fundraising event on 17 March was a great success and we wish to again thank all the participants. Pictures are in the Latest Actions section.
* 03/07: The Paper for All Africa entity was created to facilitate transfers and gain recognition within the Burkina Faso government. Over 32 volunteer registered to be members.
* 02/07: The Knights network is expanding. Please visit our Contact us section for more information.
* 02/07: A 2 pages overview of the country situation is now available in The Situation section.
* 01/07: The January action took place. Please visit the Latest Actions section for more information. Our next action is planned for April 2007.
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