Bendogo

Church Orphan Home

This home was opened in fall of 2011, and is located in the town of Bendogo, in the central Burkina Faso province of Kadiogo.

Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. The Bendogo home is located near the capitol city of OuagadougouPreviously one of French colonies, Burkina attained full independence in 1960. After repeated military coups and a couple decades, it stabilized as a Republic.

Although rich with tradition of African music, arts and crafts, Burkina Faso is financially one of the poorest countries in the world and one of the most illiterate. Most people there are Muslim or practice some form of animism. Christians make up approximately 10 % of the population.

Children without parents typically end up doing exploitative, dangerous work to survive.  In a country where the poverty level runs high and the literacy rate is extremely low, education is not considered a priority. And, so, the cycle of hardship continues.

Bendogo Church Orphan Home offers kids an alternative to a life of desperation. Will you join us in building new future for them? The home provides them a restored childhood, but also the chance to know God’s love and to grow into leaders who bring hope to their community.