Africa Awards 2022 Nominees – West African Resources Ltd
By Sarah Siva | 24 August 2022

Best Innovation in Corporate Social Development
Investment in education to promote improved community outcomes
- WAF’s Sanbrado Project is in a rural area of Burkina Faso with low rates of education, employment and socio-economic security. A key focus of its community investment program is supporting education to promote better outcomes for local communities.
- The initiative takes a multi-faceted approach, implementing the following programs in the past two years:
- Constructed a new school for the Sanbrado community
- Supplied solar power systems to five schools which didn’t have an electricity connection
- Donated furniture and classroom equipment to schools
- Donated bicycles to students at local primary and secondary schools
- A scholarship program to support local students to attend university
- A paid internship program which provides work experience for community members, university students, recent graduates and young professionals
- Funded educational programs for local suppliers to better enable them to participate in business (topics included: using email, recordkeeping, business planning)
- Funded training in trades (e.g. car mechanics, welding, masonry, electricity) for young people from impacted villages
- Funded training designed to promote the empowerment and financial literacy of women through the establishment of business ventures (e.g. making, dyeing and selling pagne, a traditional fabric used for clothing), and supporting women to learn French to enable them to participate in civil and economic affairs
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