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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/non-profit (#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 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 specific elementary schools 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 reusing the notebooks used by their brothers and sisters in the years before (the notebooks are mostly made 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).
The low cost of living also means that small amounts can have a big impact with 1£ = 5 notebooks + pens bought = 5 smiles. If you wish to support our actions, please visit the How you can help section or click on the following link:
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. We also wish to thank all the individuals and organizations who have supported us so far to enable our development and actions in Burkina Faso.
We thank you for your visit, Together, we can grow the seeds into trees sheltering the next generation.
Website navigation: 1) Paper for All Actions To see pictures of our actions in Burkina Faso, as well as bills, letters from the 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 presentation of how the charity was born and is organized, please visit the Who we are and Contact us sections. - To access the charity presentation documents 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 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 contact us on admin@paper4all.org.
[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 CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html Please visit 'The Situation' section for more information. |
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Recent News
*10/08: 850 notebooks and 2000 pens and pencils and 30 boxes of chalk were distributed to the two schools. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
*07/08: 800 notebooks and 600 pens and pencils were distributed to the two schools. Please check our Latest Actions for pictures.
*04/08: For the first time, a second elementary school was targeted. The school of Yaaka, with 300 pupils, received notebooks, pens, pencils and chalk.
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