The term « Agriculture and RGA » encompasses all revenue-generating activities that relate to agriculture and farming. Burkina Faso is a predominately agricultural country. The population pressure leads to competition for land that is more keenly felt in mining areas where land is already scarce. SEMAFO Foundation guides communities in increasing their agricultural production with […]

Over the past decades, Burkina Faso has made major strides with respect to education, from 60% of children being out of school in early 2000 to 70% of children now enrolled in primary schools. However, the escalation of attacks and threats of violence against schools, pupils and teachers has forced 2,000 schools in Burkina Faso […]

Through its community and production support, SEMAFO Foundation helps improve local working conditions by guiding the communities in generating income through participation in land fertilization, water, agricultural development, energy and micro-finance projects; this includes helping refugees or emergency-affected people. Firefighter Project Fresh-water borehole Project Material donations Microcredit Project Multifunctional Plateform Project (MFPP) Latrines and showers […]

The health sector in Burkina Faso continues to give cause for concern. Despite its willingness, the government cannot meet the basic needs of the population. The Foundation particularly directs its support to women and children, including the prevention of cervical cancer, support for women living with obstetrical fistula, raising awareness in schools on early pregnancy, […]

Burkina Faso : in activity SEMAFO Foundation, together with the DAIZ Burkina and Phare associations, wish to help prevent early and unwanted schoolgirl pregnancies, in addition to teaching the population about family planning and the HIV virus/AIDS. Improving young people’s sexual health and reducing young girls’ school drop-out rates are also central to this awareness-raising […]

Burkina Faso : in activity On June 16, 2019, the Foundation team visited Somona to see the nursery that had been set up by the 15 participants in the February training. The Foundation’s officials noted how the nursery had developed since it had received seeds, a wire fence and other necessary articles. In fact, they […]

Burkina Faso : en activité

Nos projets d’élevage :
– Aviculture
– Élevage de lapins
– Élevage de porcs
– Élevage de poules pondeuses
– Embouche ovine

Burkina Faso : in activity Foundation SEMAFO was eager to guide the population of Bana in setting up a water-holding pond. This is a first-ever for the Foundation. The chosen method, which is called « Technologie Do-noh » and was conceived by Japanese geotechnical engineers, is known for using bags of earth, for its labour-intensive character and […]