If readers know of any companies who might be interested, please contact them on our behalf or pass their details on to me. Let's act to try to bring a little comfort into this horrific situation. Top of the page Burkina Faso, West Africa Burkina Faso is a land where material limitations release faith in a God of abundant provision. Materially speaking, Burkina Faso is a place of utter poverty and want. There are no natural resources in the land - no industry, minerals, oil etc.
Agriculture is also extremely limited because of near-continual drought.
When the rainy season produces some water it allows the people to grow just enough food for a meagre survival. There is plenty of good water underground, but it lies beneath 35 to 40 metres of hard soil plus at least 40 metres of rock. Drilling wells is very costly and very few are to be seen, even to provide drinking water. Other water is foul and dangerous to drink. The income per capita is less than 20 pounds sterling per month, and that only for the few who have work.