Burkina Faso Threshold - BRIGHT I

MCC’s $ 12.9 million Burkina Faso Threshold Program (2005-2008) supported the improvement of access and quality of girls’ education in the country’s 10-lowest performing provinces. The Girls’ Education Promotion Project included the construction of new schools with day care centers and separate girls’ and boys’ bathrooms, and the provision of take-home rations to girls maintaining 90% school attendance rate, female mentoring programs, social awareness campaigns, and financial merit awards for the best female teachers. These activities were intended to promote primary girls’ education in the targeted provinces.