Mahamoudou lives with his father and his mother. His duties at home include caring for children and running errands. There are 3 children in the family. His father is sometimes employed and his mother is sometimes employed.
Mahamoudou is not presently attending school. Soccer and playing group games are his favorite activities. He also attends church activities, Bible class and youth group regularly.
Please remember Mahamoudou in your prayers. Your love and support will help him to receive the assistance he needs to grow and develop.
Mahamoudou lives on the plains of Patte d'Oie, home to approximately 50,000 residents. Typical houses are constructed of cement floors, mud brick walls and tin roofs. The primary ethnic group is Mossi and the most commonly spoken language is Moore.
The regional diet consists of maize, beans, chicken, guinea pig, fish, bread, beef, millet, rice and goat. Common health problems in this area include malaria, meningitis, typhoid, coughs, diarrhea, ringworm and leishmania (infections from sand fly bites). Most adults are unemployed but some work as day laborers and earn the equivalent of $40 per month. This community needs health facilities, schools and employment opportunities.
Your sponsorship allows the staff of Alliance Christian Patte d'Oie Child Development Center to provide Mahamoudou with Bible teaching, health and hygiene instruction, field trips, school tuition, recreational activities and social events. The center staff will also provide monthly meetings and HIV/AIDS awareness training for the parents or guardians of Mahamoudou.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in western Africa. It's slightly larger than Colorado and mostly flat with undulating plains and hills in the west and southeast. The country's climate is tropical with warm, dry winters, hot, dry summers and a three-month rainy season.
Burkina Faso, with a population of 13 million, is one of the poorest countries in the world. With no coastlines and ports, the country has few natural resources, fragile soil and an unequal distribution of income. About 90 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, (mainly subsistence) which is vulnerable to variations in rainfall. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country is 1.6% of the population. French is the official language, although native African languages belonging to the Sudanic family are spoken by 90 percent of the population. About 50 percent of the population is Muslim, 40 percent practice indigenous religions and about 10 percent are Christian, both Catholic and Protestant.
Originally colonized by the French, Burkina Faso gained its independence in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens. Every year, thousands of seasonal farm workers seek employment in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana where they are adversely affected by instability in those regions.
Map of Burkina Faso
Child's Location: In Ouagadougou
