Burkina Faso: Abdramane Guinko donates more than 1 million F CFA in food to ASVOVIG
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Burkina/Solidarity: A member of the diaspora supports widows and orphans affected by the war (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
A Burkinabè living in the United States donated rice, spaghetti and oil worth about CFA1,009,000 to widows and orphans of war victims. The gift was handed over to ASVOVIG as a gesture of solidarity with the families of FDS personnel killed at the front.
Burkina Faso: Abdramane Guinko donates more than 1 million F CFA in food to ASVOVIG (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Abdramane Guinko, a Burkinabè living in the United States, donated food worth 1 million F CFA (rice, spaghetti, oil) to ASVOVIG, the agency supporting widows, orphans and war victims. He urged fellow Burkinabè abroad to contribute to national solidarity.
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