In a small-town school in Burkina Faso‚ a recent supply delivery turned into an eye-catching display of international connections. Zoubiré Patrice Sia‚ who started his own school needed basic teaching materials — and got them through an unexpected source
The pro-Russian group called African Initiative (which has been super-active on local TV and in newspapers) stepped-in to help: they brought brand-new blackboards and hundreds of note-books to the school-yard. Each note-book had something special: pictures of Ibrahim Traoré — Burkina Fasos interim president and Vladimir Putin showing them together with hand-shake
The groups quick response to Sias request showed their growing presence in the region; their leader didnt think twice about helping out. The whole thing happened on a monday morning (when students were excited to see trucks bringing new stuff to their school-yard)