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¡Bonjour! I'm Marius

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Marius

I'm a 5 year-old boy and I live with my mother and father in Burkina Faso.

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My birthday is the 17th June.

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I love group games.

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I am not enrolled at school.

My Family

My Project

My Country

My Family

In my family, the adults work as a Agriculture / Farmer and Homemaker.

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters living with the family.

My Project

Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Mud/Earth/Clay/Adobe, 
  • Floor: Cement

Regional Diet:


  • Beans, 
  • Maize, 
  • Rice

Marius's My Country

Capital City:

Ouagadougou

Population:

19 million

Life expectancy:

male 60.1 years, female 63.6 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 97.5%, rural 75.8%

Population with improved sanitation:

19.7%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

16.2%

Literacy rate:

male 43%, female 29.3%

Child labour:

60%

Religion:

Muslim 61.5%, Roman Catholic 23.3%, traditional/animist 7.8%, Protestant 6.5%, other/no answer 0.2%, none 0.7% (2010)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

40.1%

 A little bit of history

Sponsor Marius today for £32 a month and change his life forever

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