Bonjour I'm Salonie

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I'm a 6 year-old girl and I live with my mother and father in Burkina Faso.

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My birthday is the 15th November.

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I love group games and hide and seek.

£32 per month will empower her to overcome poverty

In my family, the adults work as a Agriculture / Farmer and Homemaker.

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters living with the family.

Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Mud/Earth/Clay/Adobe, 
  • Floor: Cement

Regional Diet:


  • Beans, 
  • Maize, 
  • Rice, 
  • Millet

Capital City:

Ouagadougou

Population:

19 million

Life expectancy:

male 60.1 years, female 63.6 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 97.5%, rural 75.8%

Population with improved sanitation:

19.7%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

16.2%

Literacy rate:

male 43%, female 29.3%

Child labour:

60%

Religion:

Muslim 61.5%, Roman Catholic 23.3%, traditional/animist 7.8%, Protestant 6.5%, other/no answer 0.2%, none 0.7% (2010)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

40.1%

 

My Family

My Project

My Country

In my family, the adults work as a Agriculture / Farmer and Homemaker.

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters living with the family.

Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Mud/Earth/Clay/Adobe, 
  • Floor: Cement

Regional Diet:


  • Beans, 
  • Maize, 
  • Rice, 
  • Millet

Capital City:

Ouagadougou

Population:

19 million

Life expectancy:

male 60.1 years, female 63.6 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 97.5%, rural 75.8%

Population with improved sanitation:

19.7%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

16.2%

Literacy rate:

male 43%, female 29.3%

Child labour:

60%

Religion:

Muslim 61.5%, Roman Catholic 23.3%, traditional/animist 7.8%, Protestant 6.5%, other/no answer 0.2%, none 0.7% (2010)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

40.1%

 




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