GSI ITALIA has been carrying out activities in Burkina Faso for many years; from this commitment, the association Faa I Tuora was born and started out as a small group of 9 widows, after their husbands passed away due to AIDS. Now Faa I Tuora has about 2,500 associates, and GSI guarantees food supply and education for them and their children.

Faa I Tuora is able to keep on working thanks to the involvement and action by Sister Marie Blanche Somé, who, for many years, have dealt with development projects in her homeland.

In 2009, GSI ITALIA decided to adopt a different strategy and changed the Sponsorship Program: from a simple “Sponsorship” it has become “support for mothers’ income”.