PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/830084.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Supreme Master Ching Hai Donates $20,000 to The BARKA Foundation for Water Initiative in Burkina Faso http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2479124.htm A charitable donation is being made by spiritual leader Supreme Master Ching Hai to The BARKA Foundation in support of the Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk designed to raise awareness and funds about the need for clean water in Burkina Faso. Funds will go toward BARKA's operating expenses and the drilling of the first "BARKA well" in La Petite Village, Fada N'Gourma. The BARKA Foundation focuses on clean water as a way to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals in Burkina Faso. Excerpts from BARKA's documentary film "BARKA! BURKINA" and Live Footage from Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk to be Featured on Supreme Master Television. (PRWeb Jun 1, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2479124.htm Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk Begins 500-mile Journey to Raise Awareness and Funds for Clean Water in Burkina Faso http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2407224.htm The BARKA Foundation and Danny Garcia, the "Walking Man", team up for a 'Walk for Water' to travel to 20 cities/towns in 20 days. The walk begins at Ralph Bunche Park across from the United Nations on May 11 and culminates on May 30 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, Maine. Grassroots community effort aims to educate the public about the dire need for clean water in West Africa and to generate funds to increase its accessibility to the rural population of Burkina Faso. (PRWeb May 11, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2407224.htm BARKA Burkina Consortium Aims to Achieve MDGs in Burkina Faso http://www.prweb.com/releases/Burkina_Faso_BARKA/MDGs/prweb1364284.htm The BARKA Foundation, an NGO dedicated to bringing the indigenous voice to a prominent seat at the table of world discourse on crisis issues facing the planet, announces a 7-year collective effort to develop a new model for sustainable development that is bottom-up, community-led, powered by women, integrated with music, art and culture and incorporates the gifts and strengths of the postmodern and indigenous worlds. Partners unveiled on Peace Day. Consortium cites 'Clean Water' as its first initiative and begins with village "micro-model" based on reciprocity with indigenous peoples. The BARKA Burkina Consortium brings together NGO's, UN and government agencies, businesses, schools, youth groups, women's associations, faith-based and civic organizations, philanthropists, political leaders and interested parties to focus on setting an example of achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals in Burkina Faso. 1st annual 'Peace, Water & Wisdom Concert' planned for 2009 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (PRWeb Sep 22, 2008)

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