THE PROBLEM

1. Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, suffers from three great needs:
   

1. FAMINE
   

2. About 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, vulnerable to drought.
   

3. Only 17.66% of the land is arable.
   

4. The soil is poor.
   

5. The growing season is short.
   

6. The available equipment is rudimentary.
   

1. ILLITERACY
   

2. 74 % of the population is illiterate
   

3. Most families cannot afford to send their children to go to school
   

4. Grade school costs approximately $100 per year.
   

5. The average per capita income in Burkina Faso is $580 per year.
   

6. Most families need their school-age children to engage in farming activities
   

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8. ORPHANS
   

9. HIV, Malaria, and other infectious diseases lead to premature death.
   

10. Throughout rural Burkina Faso, social custom dictates that extended family members and neighbors adopt orphaned children.
    

11. These families endure greater hardships as a result.
    

THE SOLUTION

1. Provide two bulls and a plow to families who have adopted orphans.
   

2. The bulls and plow allow them to substantially increase their crop yields.
   

3. Greater crop yields allow the families to feed themselves and sell their excess at the market.
   

4. Proceeds from crop sales fund the education of the family's children.
   

THE BENEFITS

1. FEEDING NATIONS THROUGH EDUCATION...
   

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3. EMPLOYS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
   

4. When the two bulls become 9 years old, they can be traded for four 3-year old bulls.
   

5. The family can then sell two bulls and keep the other two for farming.
   

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7. EMPOWERS LOCALS.
   

8. Families prosper by their own efforts, long after the initial bulls and plow are donated.
   

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10. REDUCES FAMINE
    

11. Families will directly benefit from greater crop yields.
    

12. Local markets will benefit from an increase in available food.
    

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14. REDUCES ILLITERACY
    

15. Families can send their children to school.
    

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17. SUPPORTS ORPHANS AND THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES
    

18. Orphan adoption is a major criterion for choosing families who receive these donations.
    

OUR TEN YEAR PLAN

1. FNTE will build our first high school to receive the students from rural villages who have completed elementary education.