Where We Work

The Georgie Badiel Foundation works in Burkina Faso, which is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometers (105,791 sq. miles) and is surrounded by six other countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo to the southeast, Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. In 2020, the United Nations estimated the population to be 20.9 million people. The country’s official language of government and business is French. However, roughly 50% of the population speaks the Mossi language natively. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on August 4th, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabe. Its capital is Ouagadougou. 

GBF works in the town of Tanghin-Dassouri and Komsilga. Both towns are in the Department of the Kadiogo Province in Burkina Faso.