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Our ministry is based in Burkina Faso, “the land of incorruptible,” is the name which replaced the former colonial Upper Volta after the revolution in 1983. The country covers 264000 sq km. The capital is Ouagadougou and the official language is French

It is a land locked country in Sub-Saharan West Africa which borders Mali Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Ghana & Benin and is one of the poorest countries in the continent of Africa.

More than 80% of the 14 million population are involved with livestock living in very remote isolated areas of the country, most of whom live on less than £1 per day

Lack of good safe clean drinking water can reduce life expectancy to as low as 34

years. Safe clean water is a real problem in Burkina Faso and it is not unusual for women and children to walk several miles each day to gather water from a shallow unsafe hand dug well or from marshes during the rainy season which are visited by animals. Friends in Action (FIA) is changing this situation by drilling water wells in Burkina Faso.

This is our “Water of Life”project.

It is FIA’s desire not only todemonstrate the love of God by caring for the physical well being of the Burkina people, but in doing this we hope it may also help accelerate the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ among these unreached people. FIA works alongside established missionary organisations like Serving in Mission (SIM), Wycliffe Bible translators, Compasion , Tear Fund, local churches, clinics and hospitals etc who are already working in Burkina Faso.

We have found the gift of a water well the way for the Good News of the Gospel as well
as transforming the village andthe surrounding area. The women and children in the village instead of having to walk several miles each day with water pots on their heads are now able to draw clean safe drinking water at the village well. The health of the people improves as they are now to grow their own crops and attain a higher degree of sustainability.

There are opportunities for you ( Men & Women)

to be part of a volunteer work team The drill season runs from October to April, so if you are interested please check the ‘Work Teams’ section of this web site for more information on how to become involved.

We look forward to hearing from you.