Bapla School Expansion Progress

We received the following email from Dr. Salibo Some regarding progress on the secondary school expansion in the Bapla region of southern Burkina Faso. Dr. Some is the director of the African Sustainable Development Council (ASUDEC) which is supported through the Worldwide Missions committee of Shallowford Presbyterian church.

Recent funding has been aimed at expanding the 3 room school house in Bapla which Shallowford funds helped to build a few years ago. SPC members visited the school in 2009, seeing 3 classrooms with about 100 students and a single teacher. This picture was taken at the school on that trip. The following link is a video of a young student thanking Shallowford for their generous support of her school (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l8wUOybNZs).

Here is Salibo's email and some pictures. Salibo is on the far left in the last picture.

Hope you are all doing well at the Church. Attached are an illustration of the gift of the construction materials to the secondary school of Bapla. We advanced $667 to complete the $2500 in order to meet the need for the construction of one classroom. We count on the next transfer of fund to reimburse ourselves. A scanned copy of the receipt is also attached.You will note it is signed at the top by the President of the Parent Association (PA) to attest the receipt of the materials. In addition to the latter, the Principal of the school and members of the PA attended the unloading and deducting of the materials. On behalf of the entire Bapla community, they asked us to express their profound gratitude to Shallowford Church.

You may also note on the slide accumulations of aggregates (sand, gravels, stone bricks). These are contributions from the villagers. Probably, your next contribution will help with the masonry and additional needs.

Thanks much!!

Salibo