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News and Updates
Small Business School Classes on hold
We are looking at options for Lighting the Path to offer additional business classes to assist people who would like to learn how to start their own small business. With COVID and restrictions, we are not doing classes at this time, but will resume at some point....
The Story of Benkadi
Lighting the Path has educated these women in business and production skills to form a small enterprise. They learned how to make soap, how to market and sell and then formed the Benkadi Women’s Association. The word Benkadi is the Jula word for “sisters working together in harmony”.
The Women’s Aid Fund
The Women's Aid Fund was established when one of the women we were working with needed a prosthetic arm. There was no way she could afford this and we saw that this would make a huge difference in her quality of life. Medical and special needs hinder the quality of...
The Moringa Tree Project in Kimini
11/18/20 Update - Due to the terrorist activity in Burkina Faso, travel to the region is banned and this project is on hold. 11/2/17 Update - Still looking to acquire land11/16/15 UPDATE - Three additional water wells were...
St. Louis Projects
Lighting the Path is helping individuals explore their talents and teaching skills to immigrants, refugees and marginalized populations to provide a product or service to market.
Yaya’s Story of the Walker
You do not always see the benefit of your work, but sometimes you do get that joy! In my experience, most times in life you let God lead and you follow trusting that you are doing His will and other rare times it becomes so obvious that God used you for a specific...
The School for Young Women and Teens in Niangaloko, Burkina Faso Update
Update 9/24/2021! The walls are going up on the Tech center building! We are fundraising for the sewing machines, weaving looms, soap making supplies, and furnishings! If you are inspired to help these girls, please consider supporting these efforts! A Sewing...
THANK YOU FOR JOURNEYING HERE
It is 9:30 am and already close to 100 degrees with the hot sun beating down. We shade our eyes to watch our foot placement as we walk the rough dry terrain of the paths to the remote huts where the people live which make up the members of the village. We...
THE FEET OF A WOMAN NAMED POKO
Venturing out to the villages in Africa reminds me of the scriptures describing Jesus and the disciples walking from city to city. You are walking in the hot sun with little or no water available. The hot wind blows dust and sand into your eyes and it sticks to any...