In brief
Burkina Faso: The country still suffers from many terror attacks which is affecting the daily lives of communities and also those running the projects we have been supporting. The school security became a priority and a wall has now been built around it.
Plans are well underway for the school to expand, making provision for 3 further years of education in the Lycée to enable students to take their BAC and then apply for university. This is very exciting but challenging and requires a lot of work as the building (classrooms and a new toilet block), is due to start construction in July/August next year.
South Sudan: The current farming season (2024-25) has 1,718 families participating in the Farming Project, following seed distribution during the late spring. Of this number, 705 are new arrivals, as there have been many refugees coming in from Sudan.
We are thrilled that vital funding was given to this project earlier this year by a charitable trust.
Morocco: We have begun partnering with a very exciting project in Morocco, which provides skills training to disabled young adults from all over the country. This is incredibly valuable work, enabling the apprentices to secure job opportunites and also a sense of value, worth, a place in their family and community, and independence which would otherwise have been denied them.
Two sources of funding have been received recently for this project (Souter Charitable Trust £6,000 and TBF and KL Thompson £5,000), for which we are so very grateful.
Pakistan: Another exciting new partnership for PAUK is in the very early stages. This is for a maternity clinic close to Lahore; it isn't even built yet, but the husband and wife team leaders are highly skilled in construction and midwidery, respectively. We look forward to a very fruitful partnership with them and will keep you updated as things progress.