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News
07. 01. 2024
Dear donors,
we just added a photo gallery and a video of Christmas day for kids. The whole day went very well, around 2 000 of children came. Although the event was in a small backyard, no one was hurt and the children continued to come for the next three days after the event. 🙂
Thanks again to all the donors!
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20. 11. 2023
Dear donors,
We would like to inform you that it is already possible to send donations for Christmas Day, (under variable symbol 7). As every year, we will try to give each child a gift worth about 30 CZK. Last year, around 2,800 children came and we are already very much looking forward to this year’s Christmas, which I believe will be as blessed as the previous ones.
Thank you very much for your support!
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28. 10. 2023
Dear Supporters,
in these days, we are preparing to send additional support, which, in addition to the standard costs of lunches, will go towards the completion of the wall around the future school and also, finally, after a few years, the establishment of an Internet antenna for better and more stable mutual communication.
Now we will try to save money for the approaching Christmas Day and also for the entrance gate, which is the last missing link of the brick fence. The only bad news this time is that this year’s rainy season has been very short, so the harvest is very poor throughout Burkina Faso. This situation will bring further complications for the already poor population. Although we can only afford to support the children’s livelihood twice a month, we still receive warm thanks on a regular basis. People are really humble and grateful for every little thing.
Therefore, thank you for your interest and support!
Sincerely, the Children of Poverty team
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01. 10. 2023
Dear friends,
thanks to your help, we managed to gift 86 children with all kinds of school supplies, so they can go to school with a big smile on their faces and with enthusiasm to learn something new!
Thank you to all donors! 🙂
To see more photos, visit our photo gallery.
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01. 08. 2023
Dear readers,
we would like to inform you that our photo and video gallery is getting bigger. The video titled “Cooking the National Food for Children” shows the local ingredients and the great work involved in preparing the traditional food, which consists of corn flour and baobab leaves. The meal took two days to prepare, but the children enjoyed it very much. After all, you can see their gratitude in their faces.
Progress on the wall can also be seen. In addition to increasing the two rows of blocks, we also managed to concrete the columns between the individual sections, thanks to which the entire wall was tied together and strengthened. Another goal will be to save money for the top concrete lintel.
Thank you to all donors!
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07. 05. 2023
Dear friends,
these days we have been able to send funds for the continuation of two rows’ brick wall, which will therefore become much more useful. We have also sent funds for the second football table (which is loved by the children and therefore is enormously busy), dishes, two spare gas cans (since there are often gas supply cuts in the country), work outfit for the coordinators, emptying the cesspool (small amount of money) and regular expenses for Sunday lunches, etc.
So everything is going well. We have posted a video of mango picking in the gallery. It is one of the many trees we planted and you sponsored five years ago.
What more can I say. It’s almost a miracle to me and thank you for participating in it!
I wish you a nice day on behalf of Children of Poverty
Petr Hlisnikovsky
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13. 01. 2023
Dear Donors, before Christmas, we sent 120,000 CZK to Burkina Faso for the following purposes:
50,400 CZK for Children’s Christmas Day,
16,000 CZK for lunches in January,
8,000 CZK for security guards salaries (January and February),
28,100 CZK for the wall,
8,000 CZK as a reward for organizers,
8,000 CZK for the Kabore family,
1,500 CZK for emptying the toilet.
Christmas day was literally fantastic. Many volunteers were involved in the preparations, and one local small business owner even lent a stage for free, on which an entertainment program for children was performed. The number of children you gifted and pleased on this day grew from last year to an incredible 2,800 kids. The entire organization went without a hitch and no child was injured.
Yesterday, we sent a confirmation of donations to our donors for the year 2022 for the purpose of tax deduction. We ask all those who have not received the certificate and are in need of it to write us an e-mail with the address of permanent residence and the name to which we should issue the certificate.
Thank you for your support and we wish you good health and prosperity in the new year!
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11. 12. 2022
Dear friends,
Christmas is coming soon and so is another Christmas day for children in Burkina Faso. For those who would like to contribute, we would like to mention that the financial donations will be sent on Friday 16.12.2022.
The Children of Poverty wishes you a nice Advent season!
Klara Hlisnikovska
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13. 11. 2022
Dear readers,
although the political situation in Burkina Faso is very unstable, it does not have significant positive or negative impact on ordinary people. And at the moment, our projects are not affected or threatened in any way.
Recently, the construction of the wall has been pushed up a noticeable amount. However, it is now on hold due to lack of funds. The wall is 75% complete and you can see it in the photo gallery here: https://www.detemchudoby.cz/…ie/
It has also been managed to grow a respectable pile of corn, which indicates the increasing quality of the soil. We have suspended the planting of various vegetables outside the rainy season, as there was not enough water for the fruit trees, which are already 4 years old, but still need external irrigation.
We would also like to inform you that it is already possible to send donations for Christmas Day, (under variable symbol 7). This will likely take place for the children on Sunday 25 December. As every year, we will try to give each child a gift worth about CZK 40.
We believe that we will be able to make this day happen again this year!
Thank you for your support!
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11. 11. 2022
Dear supporters,
in October, we sent money to the following purposes:
CZK 24,000 for Sunday lunches,
CZK 8,000 to pay the watchmen,
CZK 1,600 for emptying the cesspool,
CZK 20,000 for the wall.
Thank you to all donors!
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1.09. 2022
Dear readers,
The construction of the wall around the new property is proceeding at a visible pace, and there is a tiny hope growing in us that the first Children’s Christmas Day might be held here.
Our project – Sunday lunches for children – is gradually hosting more and more children who are unable to eat a full meal at home. This is due to the global increase in the price of food and other commodities.
Thanks to you, our donors, we will be able to support children’s studies again this year by donating CZK 7,000 for school supplies. In exceptional cases, when parents cannot afford to pay for public school, which is almost free (CZK 200 – 300), we will support these families financially.
This year, the manager of the agricultural land planted 80% corn (which is not easy to grow in these inhospitable areas) and 20% sorghum. According to the photos, everything is growing very well, which is really a great pleasure.
In addition to the standard support, we have now sent an extra CZK 15,000 to buy solar panels and a battery system for the agriculture project manager, so that he can keep the lights on at night, charge his cellphone, turn on the radio and enjoy a little his humble life.
And then we sent CZK 3,000 for cultural support in the form of the purchase of traditional dance costumes for a children’s dance group.
In the photo gallery here: https://www.detemchudoby.cz/fotografie/ you can see the wall being built, the harvest or also the new logos on the things we have sponsored as a non-profit organization Children of Poverty.
Thank you for your support and we wish you to always have hope and some reason to be happy under any circumstances.
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24. 06. 2022
Dear friends,
a few things have happened recently and as always we want to keep you well informed. Last month we sent the amount of CZK 80,000 and CZK 25,000 for the ongoing work of building the wall. This money paid for the stage of installation and concreting of the iron fittings of all posts and the lower concrete ring, including the material. The bricklayer who was supposed to do the concreting with his helpers at the beginning of the month fell ill with malaria, so the work was delayed, but he is gaining strength again and he should start working at the end of this week. However, in the meantime, the other team has done a complete tying of the vertical and horizontal fittings, so the project has not come to a complete halt. You can see the ongoing work in the photo gallery. There you will also find photos of the benches for children with our logo, among other things.
We have also added a new video from one of the children’s meetings.
This month we sent money for purposes as usual, plus CZK 1,500 for emptying the cesspool, CZK 8,000 as financial assistance to the main coordinating family and CZK 55,000 for the next stage of the wall, according to the wishes of the donors.
We thank all donors from the bottom of our hearts!
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14. 06. 2022
Dear friends,
in May, we sent money for the next two months to organize Sunday lunches, pay watchmen, buy some wooden benches, fuel and build a wall.
As you may have already noticed in our gallery, the construction of the 380m long wall is a really big project that is slowly taking shape. According to the coordinators, the team of workers working on it is brilliant and tireless. Like in our country years ago, concrete is made by hand using shovels, all concrete blocks also have to be made manually in molds, all material including sand is loaded onto trucks by hand, etc., just hard work. They currently have the foundation of the perimeter wall completely concreted and are now proceeding with two rows of solid concrete blocks. If everything goes at this rate, the whole wall could be completed later this year, which would be fantastic.
The important news is that we have decided to create a second, anonymous account. This is due to the insistence of some donors who do not want their donations made public. You will find both account numbers in the panel Contact and account.
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30. 4. 2022
Dear supporters,
during March, our sister organization Alegria, based in Koudougou, received a donation from anonymous donors from abroad, which covers the first stage of the construction of the wall, which is the concreting of the foundations around the entire perimeter of the property + the first two rows around the entire perimeter.
So, to start with, our organization will help finance only the fuel needed to transport the material and the salary of the watchman who will supervise the building and the material at night. The amount of CZK 6,500 was sent for this purpose.
After the pandemic, the prices of food and cooking gas has risen, so we have increased the budget for Sunday lunches by CZK 1,000.
We have also had more children coming to the meetings, so we have also supported the purchase of additional plates, bowls, water containers and tarps for seating with a sum of CZK 4,000.
From the donations that were intended for the development of agriculture and cultivation, we sent 4,000 CZK to buy manure, which is still a cheap and available commodity at this time. It is impossible to find before the rains. We leave the rest of the money intended for this purpose in the account for now. The plan is to plant fruit trees and shrubs once we can get the wall up to at least enough height to keep the free-ranging cattle from crossing it.
Again, we also sent the amount of CZK 1,500 for emptying the cesspool.
We are continually adding new posts to our photo gallery, so please feel free to look there from time to time.
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30. 1. 2022
Dear friends,
we would like to introduce you our new project. As many of you already know, the whole operation of our modest organization takes place in three places in Burkina Faso:
1, Agricultural land, located about 10 km from the city of Koudougou, where experimenting with organic fruit and vegetable growing takes place, including the breeding of various poultry.
2, A small family yard in the city of Koudougou, where all activities for several hundred children take place. This place is very insufficient in terms of capacity and other reasons and therefore is only temporary.
3, A new land (about half a hectare) purchased last year. This land is supposed to replace the existing insufficient yard and thus offer an adequate background for children. We already have a drinking water well built there, a water reservoir tower and an almost completed warehouse. In the future, there should be a bathroom, an office, a school, a playground and much more, which we are still preparing on paper, while communicating with the African coordinators and the planner.
However, another stage awaits us now:
First of all, we need to build a wall around the whole land. The approximate calculation cost according to the local planner is 530,000 CZK. We also discussed thoroughly this construction and evaluated its pros, cons and overall necessity of the construction.
The subject is based on the following points:
1, Safety of children from free-ranging cattle and dogs.
2, Securing property from robbers.
3, Ensuring privacy from unwanted curious and eccentric people.
4, Durability of the building against mechanical damage due to nature, people and animals.
5, Maximizing the protection of all people against growing terrorism.
Because of these points, it is necessary to finance a more expensive wall compared to conventional fencing. It should be noted that walls around African hospitals, schools, churches and even ordinary houses can be seen almost everywhere in the city. Here is a photo for your imagination what such a wall will look like.
You can make your contribution with the variable symbol 08.
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3. 1. 2022
Dear friends,
Christmas day that took place on December 30 made more than 2,000 children happy! They were coming throughout the day, because all of them wouldn’t fit into the small yard at once. The children really enjoyed it and we are glad that Christmas day could take place.
The land, which was purchased for these and other purposes last year, is not ready yet for moving the entire organization to it. If all goes well, this year could change that. A warehouse is currently being built on this land, which will generate an important background for the control devices of the water tower, a storage room for all materials, a place for a guard, tools, etc.
See our gallery for all photos and videos.
We warmly wish you much joy, health, and success in the New Year.
About us
Our non-profit organization is focusing on helping children in Burkina Faso, more specifically in the city of Koudougou. Burkina Faso is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. Local children are often malnourished, yet they have to work as hard as adults. Due to extreme poverty, parents can’t afford their children not to contribute to families’ livelihood. Therefore, we would like to bring back, at least partially, childhood to these children and hope for a better future as well.
It is also our intention to be as transparent as possible, to provide donors with requested information about recipients, and to forward 100% of all donations for project purposes. For this reason, we all Czech volunteers decided to work for free and pay the minor costs needed for running this non-profit organization from our own resources.
One of our goals is to support local self-sufficiency and sustainability.
Our team in Czechia:
Our coordinators in Africa:
Historie
Vážení čtenáři, jmenuji se Petr Hlisnikovský a jsem spoluzakladatelem této organizace Dětem chudoby, která působí v západní Africe ve státě Burkina Faso od roku 2018. V tomto roce jsem podnikl první cestu do této jedné z nejchudších zemí světa za účelem pomoci tamním lidem v oblasti zemědělství. Díky intenzivní podpoře rodiny a přátel jsme spolu s místními lidmi vytvořili důmyslnou zemědělskou oázu, která už od počátku přináší nemalý užitek. Veliký potenciál představuje především v zemědělských postupech pro tamní oblast neznámých, a tím v materiální pomoci – zdroji obživy.
Během těchto prací a celého mého pobytu ve městě Koudougou ve státě Burkina Faso jsem si všiml, jak tvrdý život žijí tamní děti. Všudypřítomná bída jim doslova vzala dětství. Pracují jako dospělí a vykonávají i ty nejtěžší práce, jako je orba s oslem, kácení dřeva, dovážení barelů s vodou a jiné. Jejich chudoba je zkrátka tak velká, že si rodiče nemohou dovolit živit kohokoliv, aniž by se intenzivně podílel na obživě. Jediný den, kdy si mohou odpočinout, je neděle, která je pro všechny sváteční. Všichni se hezky obléknou a snaží se na chvíli chudobu zakrýt a odpočinout si od ní. Děti by se rády něčím nasytily, ale běžná situace jim dovolí se najíst jen jednou za den či dokonce dva.
Proto jsme vytvořili tento projekt, který dětem alespoň o nedělích vrací jejich dětství. Mohou se najíst, zahrát si hry, učit se na hudební nástroje nebo sledovat taneční vystoupení, které si některé z nich pod vedením místní koordinátorky Adeline připraví.
Projekt v současné době běžně hostí přes 300 dětí, v období Vánoc dokonce přes 2 000. Veškeré poplatky spojené s provozem organizace hradíme z vlastních zdrojů a pracujeme zdarma, díky tomu jde 100 % z každého Vašeho příspěvku na Vámi vybraný sektor pomoci. Náš hlavní bankovní účet je transparentní, ale na žádost anonymních dárců jsme zřídili druhý účet, který je anonymní. Všem zájemcům posíláme e-mailový report přibližně každý druhý měsíc, aby měli co největší přehled o vývoji jednotlivých projektů.
Věříme, že Vaše podpora spolu s naším nasazením přinese Burkině novou naději.