Does Garango remind you of anything? Yes, it is the locality of Central East Burkina Faso that we have spoken about several times during the year: here in the Diocese of Tenkodogo at the beginning of February the work of building a nursery school, funded by the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI).

We have already told you why we chose this area: extreme poverty and the lack of facilities suitable for children from 3 to 5 years. Pre-school-age children did not have the opportunity to undertake a preparatory training course at primary school, either due to the lack of schools near the houses, Both for the reticence of families who do not always consider the education of their children fundamental.

Salute e Sviluppo’ project was inserted in this context by building a building to fill the lack of infrastructure. Already at the end of last month the school had been completed and during the first weeks of October the furnishings for the three large classrooms were bought: chairs, benches, blackboards. After the inauguration took place on Sunday, the lessons began on Monday with many children who entered their new classrooms to start the school.

We are really happy to announce this important milestone and we are very happy to have given the opportunity to more than 100 children to start the school year in line with the usual timing.

All Salute e Sviluppo projects, as we have often mentioned, tend to be rooted in the territory and well integrated into the social context: all the staff chosen to accompany children in this learning path is of the place, The children will have the support of local educators, a canteen where they can have a regular meal a day and everything they need to spend their first years in a carefree and educational way.

The project has a secondary objective – as important as primary – to educate and sensitize adults in the community on the importance of education, how it is fundamental for the proper development and growth of the child and how it assumes even more relevance in a context such as that of Burkina instability and uncertainty.

We told you about the project the first time in March, as soon as the activities started, we updated you in July on the works that were proceeding quickly and now we are very happy with this news and to see how many children are already sitting at their desks, ready to live a new adventure.