Lumière des Enfants (ALE)

Lumière des Enfants, or Children's Light, is a non-profit that was established to address the challenges faced by women and children around the world, including Burkina Faso. They are focused on women's issues faced by populations with a suppressed voice. In Burkina Faso they work with single moms struggling to support and care for several children on limited resources. They also seek care for children whose mothers are sick or incarcerated and unable to care for them.

Children's Light believes in nurturing the physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological well being of disadvantaged kids. They assist in child development, assuring education is available to all children regardless of their family situations. They see to it that children receive at least one guaranteed meal a day, have regular doctor visits, and receive all their needed immunizations. While they work to place orphaned children in loving supportive families, they also recognize the value of keeping a family together. They strive to produce resources for single moms trying to make ends meet.They have vocational training for women and assistance to help purchase food, diapers, and school supplies for the kids.

Bikes for the World shipped our first container of bikes to Children’s Light in 2017. Since that time we have donated nearly 5,000 bicycles to this project. A percentage of the bikes have been donated to women and children to increase their mobility. The remainder were repaired and sold to help support the overall project. The addition of the bike component to Children's Light has added 7 full time jobs and offers some part time work when the influx of bikes arrives.