Mission

The BARKA Foundation is a small and rapidly growing non profit charitable organization that is based in the US and Burkina Faso, West Africa. Our work is focused on WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene), women's empowerment, sustainable agriculture and reciprocity between the indigenous culture of Burkina and postmodern culture of the US. We are affiliated with the United Nations and have Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Affairs division of the UN.

What We Do

Current Projects include:
Drilling wells, constructing gender-specific composting latrines and providing hygiene education including ebola prevention to 5 rural villages (30,000 people) in Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries on the planet;
Social Arts Program of hygiene sensitization to raise awareness through theatre and the cultural arts;
Photo exchange between high schools in Massachusetts and Fada N'Gourma;
Installing internet services in 3 high schools in Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso