For Granted is working with the Bani Scholarship School Committee to provide scholarships to secondary school students of rural Bani, Bukina Faso. Bukina Faso is a country in the interior of West Africa, with 44.9% of the population subsisting on a dollar a day and is the third poorest country in the world according to the UNDP Human Development Index. Bani, is a very poor area located between Ougadougou and Gorom-Gorom, that faces the same educational difficulties as the entirety of country. The extreme poverty in Burkina Faso equates to a lack of opportunity, especially relating to education.

This scholarship program enables children to gain an education who would otherwise have to drop out of school before reaching their teenage years. All scholarships provide the students with lodging and meals for four years to complete their secondary education. Please click on the links below to help educate additional children from Bani.