The mission of Her Star Scholars is to help girls and young women around the world go to school, to provide enrichment programs, and skills training that will help girls reach their educational potential.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Burkina Faso's Political Troubles

Violence in Burkina Faso


Biba, the Her Star Scholars local contact in Burkina Faso, has been writing since the end of March to ask for prayers for peace in her country. Apparently these nightly shootings in Ouagadougou have been going on sporadically since the ned of March, but in the past weeks have become an almost nightly affair. I've been told that people are now afraid to leave their homes after dark or to travel home from work after dark. Please keep Biba, the children, the city and the nation of Burkina Faso in your thoughts or prayers.