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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burkina Faso:</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">With few natural resources and one of the highest population densities in Africa, Burkina Faso is the second poorest country in the world (United Nations Development Programme 2007-8)</span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: red; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A knock-on effect of rural to urban migration is the growth of unplanned slums which lack basic water and sanitation services.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: red; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Burkina’s literacy rates are among the worst in the world. Less than 19% of men and less than 9% of women are able to read and write. Most literate people are in the capital.</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;"><a href="http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/where_we_work/burkina_faso/default.aspx"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: small;">http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/where_we_work/burkina_faso/default.aspx</span></a></span><span style="color: red;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The differentiating factor of International service is the <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">multi-agency work it carries out</span></strong>. Check this link for further details: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/where_we_work/burkina_faso/partners_burkina_faso.aspx"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #800080; font-size: small;">http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/where_we_work/burkina_faso/partners_burkina_faso.aspx</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The great thing about multi-agency, joint work is the benefits of long term, effective change. Partnerships enable projects to continue, adapt and maintain support. This is another example of how supporting the work I will be doing with International service is not just a gift but an <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">investment</span></strong>. The work I will be doing is not an ad-hoc approach to poverty, sickness and need. It is a holistic approach to change. MULTI-AGENCY, SUSTAINABLE AND LONG TERM work is the MOST EFFECTIVE way of introducing LONG TERM and NECESSARY change.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am grateful to international service for giving me this opportunity, and intend to grasp it with both hands and completely immerse myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Thank you for your time, <span style="color: #ff00ff;">every penny counts. </span></span></strong></span></p>
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