Burkina Faso

US MCUSAA X/068
Collection
1911-2018

Official records of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, a missionary organization with joint support from several Mennonite and Anabaptist-related denominations. Originally founded as the Congo Inland Mission in 1911, the organization changed its name to Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission in 1972 and expanded its ministry to include Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa, and Burkina Faso. These records are divided into the following series:

1.) Minutes, Reports, and Administrative Records

2.) Financial Records

3.) Personnel Records

4.) Regional Records

5.) Partner Organizations and Ecumenical Relations

6.) Audiovisual Materials

7.) History, Manuscripts, and Publications

Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission

At the dedication service of Wendzoodo Chapel

CA MHC 280-182.0-021
Item
1986

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of students and teachers leaving the dedication service of Wendzoodo Chapel at the College Protestant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Thiessen, Erica

Building a mud oven in Burkina Faso

CA MHC 280-146.0-011
Item
1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of village women near Dedougou, Burkina Faso, building mudstoves to help conserve firewood.

Soule, Mary

Burkina Faso

CA MHC 280-146.0-009
Item
1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of people working in a field. They are possibly building a trench.

Cambon, Anne

Burkina Faso

CA MHC 280-146.0-010
Item
1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of three people standing on an earth dam in a bare field. At the bottom of the photo there are some pools of water.

Cambon, Anne

Burkina Faso

CA MHC 280-164.0-006
Item
1985

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of men unloading MCC grain from a truck. This grain was distributed in Burkino Faso by the Federation of Evangelical Churches and Missions.

Beach, Mark

Burkina Faso - dam construction

CA CMBS NP072-04-35
Item
1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This photo is of men building a dam in Burkina Faso. The workers are young and the work is done by hand. In the centre is an unidentified MCC worker. On the right side is a man holding a bow and arrows and watching for some form of danger.

Cambon, Anne

Commission on Overseas Missions "Village Life in Burkina Faso" Photograph Collection

CA MHC 582
Collection
[199?]

This slide show consists of 118 color slides of the COM missionaries Russ and Gail Toevs working in the village of Kotoura, Burkina Faso. The slides and audio depict everyday life in the village. Narrated by Matthew Swora. This comes with a script and an audio cassete #2362.

General Conference Mennonite Church. Commission on Overseas Mission