ISSUE 3: Burkina Faso Schools For Africa Newsette 1/3

SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA NEWSETTEOfficial Project of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Issue 3 • Burkina Faso

Includes: FOCUS ON BURKINA FASO ... materials for a chapter program and acollection idea.

Funds collected by chapters throughout the Society are put to good use as reported by Lacey Stone, an officer at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in New York City. During 2011 UNICEF, together with a number of partners, including the Government of Burkina Faso and non governmental organizations focused on assisting the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach people in rural areas that had been hard hit by drought, floods, and disease. Just in 2011 alone UNICEF reached out to over 150,000 people living in emergency conditions, including 80,000 children.

The U.S. Fund/UNICEF office designed and produced a two-page SFA flyer incorporating a donation form for DKG members. This flyer can be downloaded in a“ready to duplicate” format at www.dkg.org.

YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK

FUND-RAISER IDEAMany members are using a previously shared idea and saving loose change for the SFA Project between chapter meetings. Iota Nu Chapter in Alpha State (TX) went a step fur ther. A member there designed a “Change for Change” template used by members to create their own unique collection boxes. Look for the downloadable pattern file included as page 3 with this issue.

PROGRAM IDEA #3: “Burkina Faso: Cultural Connections”

Objectives:To acquaint members with the music, dance, and 1. art of the BurkinabeTo inspire chapter members to contribute to the 2. SFA projectTo “inform the members of current economic, 3. social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society” DKG Purpose 7

Program Outline:Introduce the chapter program by sharing basic • information about the country (see page 2).Play one of three clips from YouTube’s • “Traditional Burkinabe Music” featuring Nana Bibata. In this clip Bibata sings of the peace and health which make Burkina Faso good. She also asks for forgiveness and understanding among each other. See the YouTube page for more info. Show the powerpoint, “Art as Life in Burkina • Faso,” using the notes provided with the presentation. Discuss the art of this people.Close by asking members to donate to the Schools • For Africa project to support education in this country.

Resource Ideas for this Program:YouTube video/music clips entitled “Traditional • Burkinabe Music” found at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzWT4Gp63A (3 clips/8 min. total).“Art as Life in Burkina Faso” ppt with notes posted • on the DKG Web site (SFA Issue 3 PPT).DKG/UNICEF flyers downloaded from the DKG • Web site and duplicated for members.Museums in your area featuring African culture.•

Image from www.uiowa.edu/~Africart/photos.html

THE CORNER SWAP SHOP

* KUDOS to all state organization editors who are using SFA Newsette materials in issues of their newsletters to promote the project!

* KUDOS to Beta Epsilon Chapter in Xi State (TN) for producing a SFA powerpoint posted on their chapter website. They have also posted YouTube clips for members to use!

How are you promoting the SFA Project? Share your ideas at the Educational Excellence Committee’s site on the DKG Network at www.dkg.net.

EMPOWERWITHPROGRAMSThis month’s program idea highlights music, dance, and the art of Burkina Faso. Explore museums and groups in your community that showcase Afr ican culture.

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Share this information as an introduction to a chapter program or in your chapter newsletter as you promote the Schools For Africa Project.

Location: West Africa, landlocked, surrounded by six countries: MALI to the north; NIGER to the east; BENIN to the southeast; TOGO and GHANA to the south; COTE D’IVOIRE to the southwestArea/Population: 274,200 sq. km. with a population of 15,757,000 (est./2009); Median age, 16.8; life expectancy of 53.32 (total)Terrain: Mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains, with hills west and southwestClimate: Tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers; recent floods displacing thousands of the populationNatural Resources: Manganese, limestone, marble, phosphates, pumice, saltand small deposits of goldCapital: Ouagadougou, centrally located in the countryLanguages: French (official) and several recognized regional languagesUnder 5 Infant Mortality Rate: 166 deaths/1,000; 9th in the worldLiteracy: Definition/age 15 and over can read and write ... 21.8% (total pop.); 29.4% (male); 15.2% (female) - one of lowest in worldMajor Infectious Diseases: Degree of risk is very high Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever Vector borne diseases: malaria and yellow fever Water contact disease: schistosomiasis Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis Animal contact disease: rabiesRESOURCES:

Information from http://en.wikipedia.org.Burkina Faso AND www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-•factbook/goeos/uv.htmlFlagimagefromwww.mapsofworld.com/flags/burkina-flag.html•Map courtesy of the CIA World Factbook, 2007 SEE ALSO: www.unicef.org/hac2011/hac_burkina_faso•

FOCUS ON: BURKINA FASO ... Info about this African Nation

BURKINA FASO & the UNICEF/U.S. FUNDSCHOOLS FOR AFRICA PROJECT

Burkina Faso was added to the Schools for Africa project in September of 2009 as Phase II of the project started. It hasone of the lowest GDP per capita in the world. In largepart, the economic activity of the country is funded byinternational aid.

Education in Burkina Faso is at three levels: primary,secondary, and higher education. The cost for schools isapproximately $97 USD per year. This is far above themeans of most families. Boys receive preference inschooling. An effort to increase girls’ schooling has beenobserved due to government policy and scholarship. TheUnited Nations Development Program Report ranksBurkina Faso as the country with the lowest level of literacyin the world (see figures above). Women are makinga difference by embracing new occupations that bettertheir lives and those of their children. For more information check out the UNICEF YouTube video, “Women Spearhead Water and Sanitation Progress in Burkina Faso” at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tae9hA0xATU&hd=1. Photograph courtesy of Professor Elizabeth Fisher, Randolph-Macon College, Virginia.

Masks are one of the art forms at

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RESOURCE NOTE:

ART OF BURKINA FASO by

Christopher D. Roy is a source you may

want to use in sharing information about the Burkanabe with your

chapter. An on-line resource can be found

at:www.uiowa.

edu/~africart/toc/countries/Burkina_

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