Welcome
In Fada, the eastern region of Burkina Faso, where BARKA's work is currently focused, people say "Bial Bialla", welcome.
BARKA is:
-Co-creating a replicable model for the eradication of extreme poverty (by acknowledging the keystone of accessibility to clean water)
-Working with and toward the empowerment of women
-Bringing the indigenous voice to a seat at the table (and sharing their spiritual wisdom traditions with the modern world)
-Education (curriculum-based programs and educational cultural exchanges)
-BARKA Networks (Film, TV, Radio, Publishing, Concerts, Tours, Events)
-Peace building (put it all together and that's what you get– a new way of living together within a global village, a peaceful revolution leading to a sustainable future for our children's children's children)
Here's the latest: The Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk, an epic 500-mile journey from the UN in NYC to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, Maine ended with a bang on May 30. We were greeted by over 100 friends, family and water activists. As the final steps of the Walk were taken, the heavens opened up and there was a torrential rain blessing this venture and the awareness and funds that were raised. We secured funds to begin the process of drilling the first "BARKA well", and to return to Burkina to begin production of the Peace, Water & Wisdom Concert & Festival, a concert designed to fund the BARKA Burkina Consortium's CLEAN Water initiative and to provide indigenous wisdomkeepers with a global platform. The Concert will take place on Peace Day, September 21st.
Film premiere of BARKA! BURKINA @ FESPACO 2009 was a smashing success. Only film in the "Diaspora" section that got screened an extra time. Currently in discussions for a:
- commercial release at 6 theatres in Ouagadougou
- broadcast on national television
- tour of Burkina's 13 regions to screen the film in rural villages
BARKA is working with the Burkina Faso government to declare "Peace Day" a national holiday (no known country in the world has done this yet).
